title: Innovative moments and change in client-centered therapy.
abstract: Previous studies have used the Innovative Moments Coding System (IMCS) to describe the process of change in Narrative Therapy (NT) and in Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT). This study aims to extend this research program to a sample of Client-Centered Therapy (CCT). The IMCS was applied to six cases of CCT for depression to track the Innovative Moments (IMs) which are exceptions to the problematic self-narrative in therapeutic conversation. Results suggest that IMCS can be applied to CCT, allowing the tracking of IMs' emergence. The analysis based on a generalized linear model revealed that the overall amount of IMs is significantly associated with symptom improvement, which is congruent with former studies done with the IMCS.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. mgoncalves@psi.uminho.pt
authors.forename: Miguel M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: Inês
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.forename: Graciete
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: António P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Inês
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Angus
authors.forename: Leslie S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D033262:Narration; D009629:Person-Centered Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D013811:Psychotherapeutic Processes; D016896:Treatment Outcome