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Interpersonal learning output
‘Interpersonal learning output’ was defined as learning how to relate to others. Many participants
described how they became familiar with group members and with other people.
‘I notice that I learned the most of my groupmates because with you I have been able to practice with things that I found difficult, like appealing to people.’
‘It is now normal for me to talk in a large group about myself and to give my sometimes unpopular critical opinion.’
’It was very safe and very familiar, and it was very nice to be able to sit at the table with fellow group members and team members, and talk nicely.’
Guidance
‘Guidance’ was defined as group members receiving helpful, accurate information and therapeutic interventions. Many different therapies and therapeutic interventions were mentioned. First, the inpatient treatment itself was seen as an important step in breaking through fixed patterns, by being away from home and in a new environment.
‘After my long crisis period of about 2.5 months in the closed ward, I finally opted for treatment. I was terrified by this big step.’
Second, specific interventions by the treatment team were mentioned as confrontational and difficult, but also as crucial for the process of change.
‘After a while the care ban came. The (symbolic) care desk closed, and suddenly it was about me!’ (This therapeutic intervention was aimed at stopping the patient from focussing on and caring for others so that she could first take care of herself.)
Third, specific therapy forms were cited; these included individual and family group psychotherapies, such as EMDR and psychodrama therapy. Family therapy, specifically, was mentioned in the context of revealing family secrets or breaking through symbiotic relationships.
‘And as if the feeling was not heavy enough, the team decided to speed up the process. I got
the choice: whether you share your trauma with your parents or otherwise your treatment
stops sooner.’
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