摘要：The main goal of the study is to describe narrative characteristics ofstories of change in the psychotherapy group, narrated by clients, who reachedclinically significant change. The current study was a part of a three-yearproject, focused on the research of efficiency and curative factors of therapyin daily treatment centers specialized at the treatment of depression andanxiety disorders. From the total participants n=220 (21 groups) in thequantitative part of the project, 32 clients took part in repeated qualitativeinterviews (in the middle, at the end of treatment, and 8 – 9 months aftertreatment). The present study involves eight participants who participated in atleast two interviews and reached a clinically significant change. Data wereanalyzed by means of categorical narrative analysis, using the followingnarrative categories: thematic lines; agency; positioning; values, and beliefs.Results indicate, that some clients develop the agentic capacity only during theprocess of change, it is a certain „re-authorization “ of one´s action.There appear to be two types of agency, a systematic, directive type and morerelaxed, open type. In the category of positioning, clients tend to thenarrative delimitation toward other members of the group and also toward thegroup as a whole. In the category of values and beliefs, clients describenormative and moral aspects of reaching the change in psychotherapy.
关键词：change in psychotherapy;narrative analysis;agency
