TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case
efficacy design study - ‘Caterina’

Benelli, E; Filanti, S; Musso, R; Calvo, V; Mannarini, S; Palmieri, A; Widdowson, MDJ

Abstract

This study is the second of a series of seven, and
belongs to the second Italian systematic replication of
findings from two previous series (Widdowson 2012a,
2012b, 2012c, 2013; Benelli, 2016a, 2016b, 2016c) that
investigated the effectiveness of a manualised
transactional analysis treatment for depression through
Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design. The therapist
was a white Italian woman with 10 years of clinical
experience and the client, Caterina, was a 28-year old
white Italian woman who attended 16 sessions of
transactional analysis psychotherapy. Caterina satisfied
DSM-5 criteria for major depressive disorder with
generalized anxiety disorder. The conclusion of the
judges was that this was an outstanding good-outcome
case: the depressive symptoms showed an early clinical
and reliable improvement, maintained till the 6 months
follow-up, accompanied by reductions in anxiety
symptoms, global distress and severity of personal
problems. Adherence to the manualised treatment for
depression appears good to excellent. In this case study,
transactional analysis treatment for depression has
proven its efficacy in treating major depressive disorder
in comorbidity with anxiety disorder.

Citation

efficacy design study - ‘Caterina’. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 8(1), 21-38

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2017
• Publication Date: Jan 31, 2017
• Deposit Date: Mar 17, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 17, 2017
• Journal: International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research
• Print ISSN: 2218-3159
• Publisher: European Association for Transactional Analysis
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 21-38
• Publisher URL: http://www.ijtar.org/article/view/17414
• Related Public URLs: http://www.ijtar.org