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Abstract
Living with a long-term health condition can lead to anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and relationship difficulties. This article uses a systematic case study approach to examine the process and outcome of transactional analysis psychotherapy with a woman suffering from multiple sclerosis. Hermeneutic analysis of a rich case record was used to evaluate the outcome of the intervention. A set of factors contributing to change were identified and are discussed in relation to previous research into psychotherapy for long-term health conditions. It is concluded that transactional analysis psychotherapy may represent an effective means of allowing different facets of the experience of illness to be explored and resolved. The implications of this study for practice and future research are discussed.
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Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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Julia McLeod
Julia McLeod, BA, MSc, is an accredited transactional analysis practitioner (ITA registered) in private practice and a lecturer in counseling in the School of Social and Health Sciences, University of Abertay, Dundee, Scotland. The coauthor of Counselling Skills: A Practical Guide for Counsellors and Health Professionals (Open University Press, 2011), her research is concerned with exploring the role of counseling and psychotherapy for people experiencing long-term health conditions. Julia can be reached at the School of Social and Health Sciences, University of Abertay, Dundee, DD1 1HG, United Kingdom; email: [email protected].