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[Identification of repetitive relationship patterns using the FRAMES METHOD].

M Hölzer·H Dahl·H Kächele
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Frames is a method to identify Fundamental Repetitive And Maladaptive Emotion Structures in verbatim transcribed psychotherapy sessions. The 5 steps leading to Frames consist of 1. criteria to select sessions or other material apt to identifying Frames; 2. coding of emotions according to Dahls and Stengels (1978) category system; 3. the construction of an Object Map in which each person or object is located where he/she was referred to in the dialogue; 4. the identification of the narrative structure, i.e. the logical plot structure of the stories that are told about these objects; and 5. the construction of Frames as generalised patterns of behaviour. These 5 steps are demonstrated by means of material from a specimen (hour 290) from a psychoanalytical treatment.

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M Hölzer, H Dahl, H Kächele. 1998. [Identification of repetitive relationship patterns using the FRAMES METHOD].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9745322/

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