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Paradoxical Alliances in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy for Anxiety

A Systematic Adjudicated Case Study

Pages 182-195
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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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 widely used in TA, can be effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders and offers a useful addition to existing transactional analysis methods. The first set of sessions with the client occurred before the paradoxical alliances approach had been developed, and although therapy had some benefits, it did not result in lasting change for the client. In the second set of sessions, the paradoxical alliances technique was applied and resulted in a deep, lasting improvement in the client’s anxiety attacks.

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Mark Widdowson

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Bernard Gentelet, MSc in TA, Certified Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy), lives in France, where he has a private practice. He can be reached at 175 rue de Besancon, 39000 Lons Le Saunier, France; email: .
Mark Widdowson, PhD, MSc, ECP, FHEA, is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy) and a UKCP and European Association for Psychotherapy-registered psychotherapist. He is the author of Transactional Analysis: 100 Key Points and Techniques and Transactional Analysis for Depression: A Step-By-Step Treatment Manual (both published by Routledge) and is an active psychotherapy researcher. He is also a lecturer in counseling and psychotherapy at the University of Salford. Mark can be reached at Room 348, Mary Seacole Building, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Salford, Salford M6 6PU, United Kingdom; email: .
 

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