@article{Lo Verde_Sarracino_Vigorelli_2012, title={Therapeutic Cycles and Referential Activity in the Analysis of the Therapeutic Process}, volume={15}, url={https://www.researchinpsychotherapy.org/rpsy/article/view/99}, DOI={10.4081/ripppo.2012.99}, abstractNote={The present study was designed to show the usefulness of a process analysis based on a joint use of two computerized methods – Mergenthaler’s Therapeutic Cycle Model (TCM) and Bucci’s Italian Weighted Referential Activity Dictionary (IWRAD). This analysis focused on the transcripts of six sessions from the first eight months of a three-year, face-to-face psychodynamic psychotherapy. Both qualitative and quantita-tive analyses were conducted. Results showed the presence of specific indicators of a good outcome, according to the two approaches, such as the patient’s ability to link re-flective processes and felt emotions, the occurrence of referential cycles, and the pres-ence of organized and coherent narratives.}, number={1}, journal={Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome}, author={Lo Verde, Rossella and Sarracino, Diego and Vigorelli, Marta}, year={2012}, month={Sep.}, pages={22–31} }