Human Change Dynamics – Innovations in Theory and Methodology Within a Bio-Psycho-Social Approach
Talk by Professor Günter Schiepek, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg
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IMC Meeting Room, Jens Chr. Skous Vej 4, Building 1483-312
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From the perspective of complexity science and nonlinear dynamics human change processes are characterized by complex dynamic patterns, limited predictability and controlability, and discontinuous pattern transitions. This takes place at different time scales, e.g. in the therapeutic conversation, group interaction, psychotherapeutic change processes, or transitions during the life span (e.g., parenthood, retreat, falling into chronic disease), and it takes place at several systems levels (biological, mental and behavioral, social). In this lecture some methodological approaches will be discussed how to measure and analyse these dynamic phenomena. One focus will be on social interaction within psychotherapy sessions, another on time series of change dynamics covering the whole span (3-4 months) of inpatient treatments, and the third on transitions of the brain dynamics of OCD patients, measured by repeated fMRI scans.
The consequences for theoretical reasoning on psychotherapy and counseling are in a new way of modeling change dynamics, with a focus on nonlinear interactions of the variables involved realized by coupled nonlinear difference equations. The consequences for practice and practice-based evidence are in using internet-based devices for real-time monitoring, therapy feedback, and therapy control. In this lecture, the Synergetic Naviagtion System (SNS), a generic tool for high-frequency process and outcome monitoring will be presented.
Schiepek, G., Eckert, H., Aas, B., Wallot, S. & Wallot, A. (2015). Integrative Psychotherapy. A Feedback-Driven Dynamic Systems Approach. Boston, MA: Hogrefe International Publishing.
Schiepek, G., Heinzel, S., Karch, S., Plöderl, M. & Strunk, G. (2016). Synergetics in psychology: patterns and pattern transitions in human change processes. In A. Pelster & G. Wunner (Eds.), Selforganization in Complex Systems: The Past, Present, and Future of Synergetics. Springer Series Understanding Complex Systems (pp. 181-208). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer
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