Abstract
This study is the fifth of a series of seven and belongs to the second Italian systematic replication of findings from previous series that investigatedthe effectiveness of a manualized Transactional Analysistreatment for depression through Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design.The therapist was a white Italian woman with 5years of clinical experience and the patient, Sergio, was a 39-year old white Italian man who attended sixteen sessions of transactional analysis psychotherapy. Sergio satisfied DSM 5 criteria for Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia) with melancholic features, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Obsessive Personality traits. The treatment focused on the permission to enjoy and on self-protection. The focus on both depressive symptoms and obsessive traits allowed a remission of his dysthymia within the end of therapy. The judges evaluated the case as a good outcome: the depressive and anxious symptomatology clinically and reliably improved over the course of the therapy and these improvements weremaintained at the followups. Furthermore, the patient reported significant change in his post-treatment interview and these changes were directly attributed to the therapy. Citation - APA format: Benelli, E., Gentilesca, G., Boschetti, D., Piccirillo, C., Calvo, V., Mannarini, S., Palmieri, A. and Zanchetta, M. (2018). TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - Sergio. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research & Practice, 9(2), 23-41 https://doi.org/10.29044/v9i2p23
Highlights
He sought therapy because he was involved in a terrorist attack, which made the trauma of the loss re-emerge
The therapeutic work focused on reinforcing his selfesteem, decontaminating his convictions to overwork, and giving him the permission to listen to his needs, and to trust the therapist in helping him without feeling judged
The therapist nourished his narcissistic traits to make him believe in his successes
Summary
Previous publications have widely described the rationale for supporting by HSCED the accumulation of evidences of efficacy and effectiveness for those models of psychotherapy that are emerging or marginalized (Benelli, De Carlo, Biffi & McLeod, 2015) and how this is important for recognition of TA and inclusion within the acknowledged treatments for common mental disorders (i.e., depression, anxiety and personality disorders). The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the manualised TA treatment of depression (Widdowson, 2016) applied to a persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) with melancholic features in comorbidity with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traits of obsessive personality. The present study analyses the treatment of ‘Sergio’, a 35-year-old Italian man who had been suffering from depressive and post-traumatic stress symptoms, with a personal and family history of depression, and steadily getting worse in the last few months due to being present during a terrorist attack. The quantitative primary outcomes investigated were depressive and anxious symptomatology, the secondary outcomes were global distress and client-generated personal problems
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