TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - 'Sara'

Benelli, E; Revello, B; Piccirillo, C; Mazzetti, M; Calvo, V; Palmieri, A; Sambin, M; Widdowson, M

Abstract

This study is the first of a series of three, and represents
an Italian systematic replication of previous UK findings
(Widdowson 2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2013) that
investigated the effectiveness of a recently manualised
transactional analysis treatment for depression with
British clients, using Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy
Design (HSCED). The various stages of HSCED as a
systematic case study research method are described,
as a quasi-judicial method to sift case evidence in which
researchers construct opposing arguments around
quantitative and qualitative multiple source evidences
and judges evaluate these for and against propositions
to conclude whether the client changed substantially over
the course of therapy and that the outcome was
attributable to the therapy. The therapist in this case was
a white Italian woman with 10 years clinical experience
and the client, Sara, was a 62-year old white Italian
woman with moderate depression and three recent
bereavements, who attended sixteen sessions of
transactional analysis therapy. The diagnosis is based on
the new DSM-5 criteria that allow differentiation between
Depression and Bereavement. The conclusion of the
judges was that this was a good-outcome case: the client
improved early over the course of the therapy, reported
positive experience of therapy and maintained the
improvement at the end of the follow-up.

Citation

Benelli, E., Revello, B., Piccirillo, C., Mazzetti, M., Calvo, V., Palmieri, A., …Widdowson, M. (2016). TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - 'Sara'. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 7(1), 3-18

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Nov 27, 2016
• Deposit Date: Feb 8, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Journal: International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research
• Print ISSN: 2218-3159
• Publisher: European Association for Transactional Analysis
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3-18
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.29044/v7i1p3
• Related Public URLs: http://www.ijtar.org
• Additional Information: Projects : Toward a transactional analysis psychotherapy of the recognised as empirically supported treatment: an Italian replication series desig