¿Qué motiva a las personas con alcoholismo a seguir en Alcohólicos Anónimos? / What motivates alcoholics to remain inAlcoholics Anonymous?

El grupo de autoayuda para alcohólicos más extendido en todo el mundo es Alcohólicos Anónimos (AA). Por esta razón, se decidió estudiar los motivos de los alcohólicos para seguir acudiendo a las reuniones de esta comunidad. Así pues, se realizó un estudio cualitativo exploratorio con cuatro personas con más de diez años de abstinencia que forman parte de un grupo de AA de Cataluña, a partir de grabar, transcribir y analizar una entrevista semiestructurada. Los resultados indican que todos los motivos de los participantes para seguir acudiendo a las reuniones de la comunidad son: miedo a recaer, para ayudar, para seguir creciendo y por la relación con el grupo

The most widespread group of self-help for alcoholics in the world is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). For this reason, it was decided to study the motives of alcoholics to continue attending the meetings of this community. Thus, a qualitative exploratory study was conducted with four people with more than ten years of abstinence who are part of an AA group in Catalonia, by recording, transcribing and analyzing a semi-structured interview. The results indicate that all participants agreed that the reasons to continue attending community meetings are: fear of relapse, to help, to continue growing and because of the relationship with the group

"If those tears could talk, what would they say?" Multi-method analysis of a corrective experience in brief dynamic therapy.

We analyzed master theorist/therapist Hanna Levenson's six-session work with "Ann" in American Psychological Association's Theories of Psychotherapy video series to determine if and how this client had a corrective experience in Brief Dynamic Therapy. First, we identified indicators of a corrective experience in the therapist's and client's own words. Complementing this analysis, we used observational coding to identify, moment by moment, narrative-emotion markers of shifts in Ann's "same old story"; the frequency, type, and depth of immediacy; and the client's and therapist's behavioral contributions to the working alliance. Additionally, we qualitatively analyzed Levenson's session-by-session accounts of the therapy from two sources. Convergent evidence from these multi-method analyses suggested how the intertwined relational and technical change processes seemed to bring about this client's corrective experience. Through consistent attention to the alliance and increasingly deep immediacy, Levenson created a safe space for Ann to "bring down the wall"-by allowing herself to cry and be deeply understood and cared for in a way that she had never before experienced. Concurrently, Ann began seeing herself quite differently, signified by self-identity narrative change. Then, following Session 4, she took Levenson's suggestion to risk behaving more authentically with a friend and with her romantic partner.