THE ACCURACY OF REFORMULATION IN COGNITIVE ANALYTIC THERAPY - A VALIDATION-STUDY

The Self States Sequential Diagram (SSSD) is a tool developed by Ryle (Ryle, 1990, Beard, Marlowe & Ryle, 1990) as part of the technique of reformulation in cognitive analytic therapy. Patient and therapist col laborate to describe the patient's problematic patterns of relating to others and the self and use the resulting diagram to aid recognition and revision-of these patterns in the patient's everyday life and with in the therapeutic relationship. We report on the accuracy of this dia grammatic description by validating one patient's SSSD using the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme Method (CCRT; Luborsky &: Crits-Christo ph 1990) and Structural Analysis of Social Behaviour-Cyclic Maladaptiv e Pattern (SASB-CMP; Benjamin, 1974, 1987; Benjamin, Foster, Roberto & Estroff, 1986; Schacht & Henry, 1994). This comparison supports the v iew that it is possible for the therapist to create a descriptive diag ram which is a valid representation of recurrent relationship patterns .