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Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy with Clients who are Neurodivergent: Experiences and Practice Recommendations (2023)
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Bowers, C., & Widdowson, M. (2023). Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy with Clients who are Neurodivergent: Experiences and Practice Recommendations. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 14(1), 32-54. https://doi.org/10.29044/v14i1p32

This qualitative research study uses Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) (Smith, Flowers & Larkin, 2009; Smith & Nizza, 2022) to explore how Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy can be used effectively with clients who are neurodivergent.... Read More about Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy with Clients who are Neurodivergent: Experiences and Practice Recommendations.

A practice‐based exploration of therapeutic change in a charitable, community‐based person‐centred counselling service using routine outcome measures of anxiety and depression. I: Statistical and clinically significant change (2023)
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Young, J., Widdowson, M., & Tate, D. (2023). A practice‐based exploration of therapeutic change in a charitable, community‐based person‐centred counselling service using routine outcome measures of anxiety and depression. I: Statistical and clinically significant change. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 23(4), 1072-1083. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12651

AbstractBackgroundEstablishing the value of differing treatments for depression and anxiety is crucial in a climate of delimited spending and increased demand. Drawing from a well‐founded, diverse evidence base is salient to constructive evaluation a... Read More about A practice‐based exploration of therapeutic change in a charitable, community‐based person‐centred counselling service using routine outcome measures of anxiety and depression. I: Statistical and clinically significant change.

An inquiry into the experience of the dyslexic transactional analysis psychotherapist (2019)
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Baker, J., & Widdowson, M. (2020). An inquiry into the experience of the dyslexic transactional analysis psychotherapist. Transactional Analysis Journal, 50(1), 24-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/03621537.2019.1690236

Dyslexia causes difficulties in reading, writing, and information processing and is known to impair academic performance unless adaptations are made to the teaching and learning environment. This article explores some of the ways currently practicing... Read More about An inquiry into the experience of the dyslexic transactional analysis psychotherapist.

The importance of research in transactional analysis for transactional analysts (2017)
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Widdowson, M. (2017). The importance of research in transactional analysis for transactional analysts. Transactional Analysis Journal, 48(1), 33-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/03621537.2018.1397965

This article is the author’s acceptance speech for the 2017 ITAA Research Award, which was presented to him at the World TA Conference in Berlin in July 2017. The author argues that research is essential to the wider acceptance of transactional analy... Read More about The importance of research in transactional analysis for transactional analysts.

TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - ‘Caterina’ (2017)
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efficacy design study - ‘Caterina’. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 8(1), 21-38

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 o... Read More about TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - ‘Caterina’.

TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - ‘Deborah’ (2017)
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efficacy design study - ‘Deborah’. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 8(1), 39-58

This study is the third 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... Read More about TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - ‘Deborah’.

TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - ‘Anna’ (2017)
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efficacy design study - ‘Anna’. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 8(1), 3-20

This study is the first 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... Read More about TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - ‘Anna’.

TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - 'Sara' (2016)
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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

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 treat... Read More about TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - 'Sara'.

Impact of the application of redecision methods in executive coaching workshops on psychological wellbeing : a quantitative evaluation of effectiveness (2016)
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Widdowson, M., Theuns, P., Rosseau, M., & Rosseau, R. (2016). Impact of the application of redecision methods in executive coaching workshops on psychological wellbeing : a quantitative evaluation of effectiveness. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 7(2), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.29044/v7i2p3

Previous research has found that participants in redecision marathons experience increased personal growth and improvements in psychological well-being (McNeel, 1982; Noriega-Gayol, 1997; Widdowson & Rosseau, 2014). In this article, the authors condu... Read More about Impact of the application of redecision methods in executive coaching workshops on psychological wellbeing : a quantitative evaluation of effectiveness.

Paradoxical alliances in transactional analysis psychotherapy for anxiety : a systematic adjudicated case study (2016)
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Gentelet, B., & Widdowson, M. (2016). Paradoxical alliances in transactional analysis psychotherapy for anxiety : a systematic adjudicated case study. Transactional Analysis Journal, 46(3), 182-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/0362153716650657

This article considers the use of the technique of paradoxical alliances in transactional analysis psychotherapy with a 37-year-old white French woman over two sets of sessions. The authors hypothesize that this technique, which has not yet been wide... Read More about Paradoxical alliances in transactional analysis psychotherapy for anxiety : a systematic adjudicated case study.

TA treatment of depression: a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study- 'Penelope' (2016)
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Benelli, E., Scotta, F., Barreca, S., Palmieri, A., Calvo, C., de Renoche, G., …Widdowson, M. (2016). TA treatment of depression: a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study- 'Penelope'. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 7(1), 19-34

This study is the second of a series of three, and represents an Italian replication of a previous UK -based case series (Widdowson 2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2013) that investigated the effectiveness of a recently manualised transactional analysis treatme... Read More about TA treatment of depression: a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study- 'Penelope'.

TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - 'Luisa' (2016)
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Benelli, E., Boschetti, D., Piccirillo, C., Quagliotti, L., Calvo, V., Palmieri, A., …Widdowson, M. (2016). TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - 'Luisa'. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 7(1), 35-50

This study is the third 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 treat... Read More about TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - 'Luisa'.

Quantitative and qualitative outcomes of transactional analysis psychotherapy with male armed forces veterans in the UK presenting with post-Traumatic stress disorder (2014)
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Harford, D., & Widdowson, M. (2014). Quantitative and qualitative outcomes of transactional analysis psychotherapy with male armed forces veterans in the UK presenting with post-Traumatic stress disorder. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 5(2), 35-65. https://doi.org/10.29044/v5i2p35

This paper presents findings from a two-year research project conducted within a live-in residential charity setting in the UK, examining clinical outcomes of TA psychotherapy among 15 male armed forces veterans presenting with severe PTSD (post-trau... Read More about Quantitative and qualitative outcomes of transactional analysis psychotherapy with male armed forces veterans in the UK presenting with post-Traumatic stress disorder.

Avoidance, vicious cycles, and experiential disconfirmation of script: Two new theoretical concepts and one mechanism of change in the Psychotherapy of depression and anxiety (2014)
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Widdowson, M. (2014). Avoidance, vicious cycles, and experiential disconfirmation of script: Two new theoretical concepts and one mechanism of change in the Psychotherapy of depression and anxiety. Transactional Analysis Journal, 44(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0362153714554207

This article presents an argument for the clinical and empirical relevance of case study material. Drawing on a series of systematic case studies based in Stiles 19s (2007) model of theory building, the author proposes adding the concepts of avoidanc... Read More about Avoidance, vicious cycles, and experiential disconfirmation of script: Two new theoretical concepts and one mechanism of change in the Psychotherapy of depression and anxiety.

Transactional analysis psychotherapy for a case of mixed anxiety & depression : a pragmatic adjudicated case study – ‘Alastair’ (2014)
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Widdowson, M. (2014). Transactional analysis psychotherapy for a case of mixed anxiety & depression : a pragmatic adjudicated case study – ‘Alastair’. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 5(2), 66-76. https://doi.org/10.29044/v5i2p66

Using an original method of case evaluation which involved an analysis panel of over 80 Italian psychologists and included a lay case evaluation, the author has investigated the effectiveness of transactional analysis psychotherapy for a case of mixe... Read More about Transactional analysis psychotherapy for a case of mixed anxiety & depression : a pragmatic adjudicated case study – ‘Alastair’.

Application of redecision therapy in executive coaching workshops: Part 2 - a qualitative exploration of participants’ changes (2014)
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Widdowson, M., & Rosseau, M. (2014). Application of redecision therapy in executive coaching workshops: Part 2 - a qualitative exploration of participants’ changes. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 5(1), 19-30

This is the second paper of three and describes an investigation into the way that executive coaching as a growing field of organisational development can be based on transactional analysis theory and methods. Twelve participants who had attended a c... Read More about Application of redecision therapy in executive coaching workshops: Part 2 - a qualitative exploration of participants’ changes.

Application of redecision therapy in executive coaching workshops: Part 1 – the workshop (2014)
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Rosseau, M., Rosseau, R., & Widdowson, M. (2014). Application of redecision therapy in executive coaching workshops: Part 1 – the workshop. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 5(1), 15-18

First in a series of three, this paper describes how the redecision approach (Goulding & Goulding 1979) has been applied over many years within executive coaching workshops internationally. The potential controversy about using a therapeutic approach... Read More about Application of redecision therapy in executive coaching workshops: Part 1 – the workshop.

TA Treatment of Depression - A hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - 'Linda' - a mixed outcome case (2013)
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Widdowson, M. (2013). TA Treatment of Depression - A hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - 'Linda' - a mixed outcome case. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 4(2), 3-15

Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (HSCED) is a systematic case study research method involving the cross-examination of mixed method data to generate both plausible arguments that the client changed due to therapy and alternative explanations.... Read More about TA Treatment of Depression - A hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - 'Linda' - a mixed outcome case.

Perceptions of psychotherapy trainees of psychotherapy research (2012)
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Widdowson, M. (2012). Perceptions of psychotherapy trainees of psychotherapy research. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 12(3), 178-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733145.2012.697473

The research-practice gap and lack of engagement with research by trainees and qualified therapists is a widely discussed issue amongst psychotherapy researchers. The present study investigates the perceptions of psychotherapy trainees of psychothera... Read More about Perceptions of psychotherapy trainees of psychotherapy research.

TA treatment of depression: A hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - case three: 'Tom' (2012)
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Widdowson, M. (2012). TA treatment of depression: A hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - case three: 'Tom'. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 3(2), 15-27

Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (HSCED) is a systematic case study research method involving the cross-examination of mixed method data to generate both plausible arguments that the client changed due to therapy and alternative explanations.... Read More about TA treatment of depression: A hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - case three: 'Tom'.