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EMPIRICAL PAPER

The sound of change: A study of the psychotherapeutic process embodied in vocal expression. Laura Rice's ideas revisited

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Pages 263-276 | Received 18 Oct 2012, Accepted 05 Feb 2014, Published online: 18 Mar 2014
 

Abstract

Objective: The purposes of this article were to compare the characteristics of the vocal quality of therapists and patients in change and stuck episodes, and to depict patient-therapist interaction sequences of vocal properties, in order to analyze micro-regulatory processes within the psychotherapeutic interaction. Method: Application of the Vocal Quality Patterns coding system to a study of a sample of change and stuck episodes, taken from six psychotherapies. Results: The results made it possible to show that the 15 psychotherapeutic change process are embodied in the modes of vocal expression of their participants, and that the way in which these different modes are coordinated within the interaction makes it possible to observe regulatory micro-sequences that participate in the therapeutic change process.

Obiettivo: Scopi di questo articolo sono confrontare le caratteristiche della qualità vocale di terapeuti e pazienti in episodi di cambiamento e di incarto, e rappresentare le proprietà vocali in sequenze dell'interazione paziente-terapeuta, in modo da analizzare i micro-processi di regolazione nell'ambito dell'interazione psicoterapeutica. Metodo: Applicazione del sistema di codifica Vocal Quality Patterns a uno studio su un campione di episodi di cambiamento e di blocco, tratti da sei psicoterapie. Risultati: I risultati hanno consentito di dimostrare che 15 processi di cambiamento psicoterapeutico sono rappresentati nelle modalità di espressione vocale dei loro partecipanti, e che il modo in cui questi diversi modi sono coordinati nell'interazione rende possibile osservare micro-sequenze regolatrici che partecipano al processo di cambiamento terapeutico.

Ziel: Das Ziel dieses Artikels war es die Charakteristika der Stimmqualität von Therapeuten und Patienten in Veränderungsepisoden und solchen des Stillstandes zu vergleichen und die Patient-Therapeut Interaktionsabfolgen von stimmlichen Eigenschaften darzustellen, um mikro-regulatorische Prozesse in der psychotherapeutischen Interaktion zu analysieren. Methode: Anwendung des Stimmqualität Kodier Systems zur Untersuchung einer Stichprobe von Veränderungs- und Stillstandepisoden, entnommen aus sechs Psychotherapien. Ergebnis: Die Ergebnisse machten es möglich zu zeigen, dass 15 psychotherapeutische Veränderungsprozesse in den Methoden des stimmlichen Ausdrucks von ihren Teilnehmern verkörpert wurden und dass die Art, in der diese verschiedenen Methoden innerhalb der Interaktionen koordiniert sind, es möglich machen die regulatorischen Mikro-Sequenzen, die am therapeutischen Veränderungsprozess beteiligt sind, zu beobachten.

Objetivo: O propósito deste artigo foi comparar as características da qualidade vocal dos terapeutas e dos pacientes em episódios de mudança e de estagnação de descrever as propriedades vocais de sequências da interação paciente/terapeuta, de forma a analisar processos microregulatórios da interação psicoterapêutica. Método: Aplicação do sistema de codificação Padrões de Qualidade Vocal num estudo com uma amostra de episódios de mudança e de estagnação, extraídos de seis psicoterapias. Resultados: Os resultados permitiram demonstrar que os 15 processos de mudança psicoterapêutica se integram nos modos de expressão vocal dos seus participantes, e que a forma como estes diferentes modos são coordenados na interação torna possível observar micro-sequências regulatórias que participam no processo de mudança terapêutica.

Abstract

目的:本研究旨在比較治療師和病人之談話改變和卡住片段的聲音品質特色,及描述病人和治療師互動序列的聲音屬性,用以分析在心理治療互動中細微調節的歷程。方法:從六個心理治療中擷取談話改變和卡住的片段,運用聲音品質形態編碼系統於分析。結果:結果顯示15段心理治療的改變歷程確實可以透過參與者不同的聲音表達方式展現,而且由於這些不同的形式可以和互動歷程相呼應,因此可以觀察參與者在治療性改變歷程中的細微調節系列。

Notes

1 Intersubjective validation is a process in which the observations by a researcher or rater are compared with the independent observations of other researchers or raters. The validation of observations is attained through consensus or agreement between these different perspectives (see Flick, Citation2009).

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Funding

This manuscript has been developed with support of the National Council for Science and Technology of Chilean Government, Project Fondecyt N°1110361, and the Millenium Scientific Initiative of the Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism [grant number NS100018].

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