Control-Mastery Theory (CMT) is a cognitive-psychodynamic theory of psychological functioning and psychopathology (Gazzillo, 2016; Weiss, 1993), empirically validated by the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group (1986). A central tenet of CMT is that people who seek for psychotherapy are guided by an unconscious plan (Silberschatz, 2005, 2008; Weiss, 1993). Such unconscious plan provides for the realization of healthy and pleasant goals and the disconfirmation of the pathogenic beliefs that have developed as a consequence of childhood traumatic experiences and which hinder the patient in his adaptation efforts. Even in everyday life people test their pathogenic beliefs and intimate relationships, thanks to the stability and the emotional involvement that they imply, represent an ideal context for the partners to try to disconfirm their respective pathogenic beliefs (Zeitlin, 1991), hoping to receive different responses from those received by their traumatic caregivers. When this does not happen, the couple develops negative experiences and symptoms, which may encourage partners to seek for a psychotherapeutic treatment. We hypothesize that not only individuals but also couples are guided by an unconscious plan at the beginning of the therapy and the aim of our work is to provide guidelines for the Formulation of the Couple’s Plan. The couple's plan includes goals, obstructions, individual and couple traumas, vicious circles such as the matching of pathogenic beliefs of both partners that generate dysfunctional patterns, virtuous circles which guarantee members of the couple to feel safe in the relationship, and finally the insights. The formulation of each component will be explained with the help of a clinical case and the results of the self-report measures used - the Interpersonal Guilt Rating Scale-15 (IGRS-15, Gazzillo et al., 2017) and the Pathogenic/Problematic Beliefs Scale (PBS; Silberschatz, 2016) - will be reported. The couple's plan represents a method of assessment and intervention in the work with conjugal and parental dyads, which is useful both to the therapist - especially to the young therapist - to orientate himself in the clinical work, both to the researcher, to understand the dysfunctional dynamics underlying individual and dyadic suffering.
La Control-Mastery Theory (CMT) è una teoria psicodinamico-cognitiva di natura relazionale del funzionamento mentale e della psicoterapia (Gazzillo, 2016; Weiss, 1993) sviluppata ed empiricamente validata dal San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group (Weiss, Sampson e Mount Zion Psychotherapy Research Group, 1986). Uno degli assunti principali della CMT è che le persone che richiedono una psicoterapia siano guidate da un piano inconscio (Silberschatz, 2005, 2008; Weiss, 1993) che prevede la realizzazione di obiettivi sani e piacevoli e la disconferma delle credenze patogene che si sono sviluppate come conseguenza di esperienze traumatiche infantili e che ostacolano il paziente nei suoi sforzi di adattamento. Anche nella vita quotidiana le persone mettono alla prova le proprie credenze patogene e le relazioni intime, in virtù della loro stabilità e del coinvolgimento emotivo che implicano, rappresentano un contesto ideale affinché i partner possano tentare di disconfermarle (Zeitlin, 1991), sperando di ricevere dall’altro risposte diverse da quelle dei propri caregivers traumatici. Quando ciò non accade, nella coppia si sviluppano vissuti negativi e sintomi che possono spingere i partner alla ricerca di un trattamento psicoterapeutico. Ipotizziamo che anche le coppie, sin dall’inizio della terapia, siano guidate da un piano inconscio e l’obiettivo del nostro lavoro è quello di fornire le linee guida per la Formulazione del Piano della Coppia. Il Piano di coppia comprende gli obiettivi; gli ostacoli; i traumi individuali e di coppia; i circoli viziosi, ovvero l’incastro delle credenze patogene dei partner che genera pattern disfunzionali; i circoli virtuosi, che garantiscono ai membri della coppia di sentirsi al sicuro nella relazione; infine, gli insight. Le diverse componenti del piano di coppia verranno illustrate tramite l’aiuto di un caso clinico e verranno riportati i risultati dei due self report utilizzati: l’Interpersonal Guilt Rating Scale-15 (IGRS-15, Gazzillo et al., 2017) e la Scala delle Credenze Problematiche (PBS; Silberschatz, 2016). Il Piano della coppia rappresenta un metodo di valutazione e intervento nel lavoro con le diadi coniugali e genitoriali, utile al terapeuta -soprattutto se giovane- per orientarsi nella clinica e al ricercatore per comprendere le dinamiche disfunzionali alla base della sofferenza individuale e diadica.
Una bussola per la comprensione delle dinamiche di coppia: il metodo per la formulazione del piano della coppia (MFPc) / Rodomonti, Martina; Crisafulli, Valeria; Mazzoni, Silvia; Gazzillo, Francesco. - In: RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA. - ISSN 1972-5620. - 41:4(2019), pp. 659-677. [10.3280/RIP2018-004007]
Una bussola per la comprensione delle dinamiche di coppia: il metodo per la formulazione del piano della coppia (MFPc)
Martina Rodomonti
;Valeria Crisafulli;Silvia Mazzoni;Francesco Gazzillo
2019
Abstract
Control-Mastery Theory (CMT) is a cognitive-psychodynamic theory of psychological functioning and psychopathology (Gazzillo, 2016; Weiss, 1993), empirically validated by the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group (1986). A central tenet of CMT is that people who seek for psychotherapy are guided by an unconscious plan (Silberschatz, 2005, 2008; Weiss, 1993). Such unconscious plan provides for the realization of healthy and pleasant goals and the disconfirmation of the pathogenic beliefs that have developed as a consequence of childhood traumatic experiences and which hinder the patient in his adaptation efforts. Even in everyday life people test their pathogenic beliefs and intimate relationships, thanks to the stability and the emotional involvement that they imply, represent an ideal context for the partners to try to disconfirm their respective pathogenic beliefs (Zeitlin, 1991), hoping to receive different responses from those received by their traumatic caregivers. When this does not happen, the couple develops negative experiences and symptoms, which may encourage partners to seek for a psychotherapeutic treatment. We hypothesize that not only individuals but also couples are guided by an unconscious plan at the beginning of the therapy and the aim of our work is to provide guidelines for the Formulation of the Couple’s Plan. The couple's plan includes goals, obstructions, individual and couple traumas, vicious circles such as the matching of pathogenic beliefs of both partners that generate dysfunctional patterns, virtuous circles which guarantee members of the couple to feel safe in the relationship, and finally the insights. The formulation of each component will be explained with the help of a clinical case and the results of the self-report measures used - the Interpersonal Guilt Rating Scale-15 (IGRS-15, Gazzillo et al., 2017) and the Pathogenic/Problematic Beliefs Scale (PBS; Silberschatz, 2016) - will be reported. The couple's plan represents a method of assessment and intervention in the work with conjugal and parental dyads, which is useful both to the therapist - especially to the young therapist - to orientate himself in the clinical work, both to the researcher, to understand the dysfunctional dynamics underlying individual and dyadic suffering.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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