Dyadic Restructuring (DR) refers primarily to a group of techniques and methods of restructuring or re-patterning that occur at the dyadic level, or two-person configuration. The focus of the change of DR techniques is primarily at the Level II Domain (interpersonal-dyadic matrix). Techniques of DR address the operating system and processes, which include communication modes (both verbal and non-verbal), patterns, and processes that occur in interpersonal relationships. Thus, at this level of domain the perspective has increased from the micro-level of analysis to an incrementally increasingly macro-level.
A SAMPLE LIST OF TECHNIQUES (Go to Psychotherapedia for a more complete listing)
Expected-transactive restructuring:
- Transference-Past Interpretation (Malan, Davanloo, Sifneos)
- “Love Days” (Weiss & Birchler, 1978)
- Mentalizing the transference (Bateman & Fonagy, 2006)
- Transference tracers (Bateman & Fonagy, 2006)
Relational Restructuring:
- Enhancing communication between a dyad (Sue Johnson)
- I-Positions (Guerin, 1971)(
- Emotional Linking (Cashdan, 1988)
- Assessment and Goal setting as treatment (Tatarsky, 2003)
- Empathic Understanding (Rogers, 1961)
- Reflective/Active Listening (Rogers, 1961)
- Acceptance versus change (Linehan, 1993)
- Reciprocal communication (Linehan, 1993)
- Commitment to treatment (Linehan, 1993)