Řiháček Tomáš, Roubal Jan, Motalová Katarína
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Res Psychother. 2021 Jan 14;23(3):468. doi: 10.4081/ripppo.2020.468. eCollection 2020 Dec 31.
Although many separate aspects of the psychotherapy relationship have been studied, including empathy, working alliance, and self-disclosure, a metaphorical approach has the potential to generate a more holistic perspective of this phenomenon. Hence, the goal of this study was to explore the nature of the psychotherapy relationship from the psychotherapists' perspective using a metaphorical approach. In an online survey, a sample of N=373 Czech psychotherapists and counselors rated a set of relational metaphors in terms of how accurately they depicted their roles in their relationships with their clients. The single most endorsed metaphor for the practitioner's role was a guide. Furthermore, the principal component analysis identified three relational components, namely, Mentor, Resource Supplier, and Remedy Distributor. The associations among these components and multiple practitioners' variables, including demographic and practice-related variables and theoretical orientation, were explored. These three components represent general dimensions of the psychotherapy relationship that cut across various theoretical orientations and, thus, define psychotherapy relationships in a general sense.
尽管心理治疗关系的许多不同方面都已得到研究，包括同理心、工作联盟和自我表露，但采用隐喻的方法有可能对这一现象产生更全面的看法。因此，本研究的目的是运用隐喻方法从心理治疗师的角度探索心理治疗关系的本质。在一项在线调查中，N = 373名捷克心理治疗师和咨询师组成的样本，根据一系列关系隐喻对他们在与客户关系中角色的描绘准确程度进行了评分。从业者角色中得到最多认可的隐喻是“引导者”。此外，主成分分析确定了三个关系成分，即“导师”、“资源提供者”和“治疗分发者”。还探讨了这些成分与多个从业者变量之间的关联，包括人口统计学和与实践相关的变量以及理论取向。这三个成分代表了心理治疗关系的一般维度，跨越了各种理论取向，从而在一般意义上定义了心理治疗关系。
