title: The Elementary Pragmatic Model: a new perspective in psychotherapy.
abstract: This article describes the Elementary Pragmatic Model (EPM), that focuses on the interactions and changes that can occur between two parties. The model has undergone experimentation using the "Synthesis and Scission Sentences" procedure (SISCI Sentences) described in this work. To develop a new psychotherapy method firstly it was assessed whether the SISCI Sentences revealed differences between normal and disturbed subjects, and then whether some sentences derived from the SISCI procedure - using a specific automated program - really do have an impact even on non clinical subjects. Finally, we report some examples of clinical use of the sentences obtained with the described procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurologic and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. piero.degiacomo@tin.it
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Giacomo
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: L'Abate
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Margari
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Santamato
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Belgiovine
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Giacomo
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*