Abstract

The contribution of between session tasks to psychotherapy outcome has been well documented and many models of psychotherapy utilize homework as an important component of treatment. Despite widespread use of between session tasks as a therapeutic technique, there is little consensus about the frequency and type of homework, and limited information about the completion of between session tasks, or the palatability of between session tasks on the part of therapy clients. The manuscript presents the results of a qualitative thematic analysis of between session tasks as reported by couple therapy clients of two university-based counseling centers in the United States. Data were collected through a daily diary format. Findings suggested that many clients completed between session tasks. Themes in tasks reported were: Communication and related behaviors; love, acceptance, and emotional work; and task oriented behaviors.

摘要

课间任务对心理治疗结果的贡献已得到充分证明，许多心理治疗模型都将家庭作业作为治疗的重要组成部分。尽管广泛使用间歇任务作为一种治疗技术，但对于家庭作业的频率和类型几乎没有达成共识，关于完成间歇任务的信息有限，或者治疗客户的部分会话任务之间的适口性。该手稿展示了对美国两个大学咨询中心的夫妻治疗客户报告的会话任务之间的定性主题分析的结果。通过每日日记格式收集数据。结果表明，许多客户端在会话任务之间完成。报告的任务主题是：沟通和相关行为；爱、接受和情感工作；和任务导向的行为。