Research Paper
Psychology
E-ISSN No : 2454-9916 | Volume : 8 | Issue : 11 | Nov 2022
A COLLABORATIVE EVALUATION APPROACH TO PSYCHOTHERAPY 1
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*Michael E. Mitchell , Michelle Rincones-Rodríguez 1 2
University of South Florida (*Corresponding Author) University of Florida
ABSTRACT The Model for Collaborative Evaluations (MCE) was part of the initial efforts to examine whether personal characteristics are associated with a multi-pillar, base 22numbered scale. The MCE capitalizes on the strengths of various key stakeholders who provide a baseline for formative and summative decision-making. The evaluation used a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews to collect data from community members. Psychotherapy Base 22 offers a compass in the search for the path that leads to psychological balance. It provides several advantages like gaining specific insight for psychologists to use as a tool to provide individualized therapy. Humans are not defined by a single number, but by an interrelation of all the pillars in the construct. In Psychotherapy Base 22, there are no good or bad, positive, or negative numbers, just harmony or disharmony with numbers, which may lead to trends that guide us in the search for personal balance. Implications of this collaborative evaluation results are highlighted, including specific stakeholders' perceptions, along with ways of using Psychotherapy Base 22 with other stakeholders. The evaluation approach has two conceptually related segments, a formative part of the evaluation and a summative portion. The formative part of the evaluation provided immediate feedback to the evaluand who then provided brain based reasons for the early results, which catalyzed thoughts of analysis refinement. The summative evaluation provided an ending that could be further used as the basis for post-project work. The MCE has six components that guided the evaluation in an efficient and effective manner. These components are applied in a recursive and iterative manner. KEYWORDS: Model for Collaborative Evaluations, Psychotherapy. A COLLABORATIVE EVALUATION APPROACH TO PSYCHOTHERAPY: This collaborative evaluation was conducted as an aid to psychologists and professionals from related fields using Psychotherapy Base 22 to study personal characteristics. This type of psychotherapy attempts to provide a compass in the search towards finding a sense of equilibrium through a more accurate sense of self-knowledge (Mitchell, Rincones-Rodríguez, Walker-Egea, 2021). Through a collaborative evaluation, key stakeholders are provided the power to voice their opinions and make recommendations for improvement (Rodríguez-Campos, Mitchell, Rincones-Gómez, 2020).The purpose of this article is to show how a collaborative evaluation was conducted to investigate the relationship between Psychotherapy Base 22 and personal characteristics of respondents. Specifically, we examine the key characteristics of this type of psychotherapy with an emphasis on meaning of each number. Human beings are not defined by a single number, but the interrelation of all the pillars and numbers. Therefore, all the characteristics linked together show our personality. As explained by López Cano (2020), in Psychotherapy Base 22 there are no good or bad, positive or negative numbers, just harmony or disharmony with specific numbers, and this leads to trends that guide the search for personal balance. For instance, if your numbers are in disharmony, you will live in continuous stress without being able to achieve your highest potential. The Model for Collaborative Evaluation (MCE) provides a comprehensive framework to examine personality traits in a collaborative environment. In clear and simple language, we outline key concepts about Psychotherapy Base 22 and blend theoretical grounding with its application through a collaborative evaluation. Psychotherapy Base 22: According to López Cano (2020), a multi-pillar, base 22-numbered scale shows an instruction book of what individuals have in their unconscious and provides a compass in the search for the path to balance (see Figure 1). It offers several advantages, such as a greater understanding of relationships, and a tool to find the appropriate therapy leading to a better version of us (e.g., reducing stress). This multi-pillar is associated with a specific group of strengths and weaknesses and intertwined knots. There is a need to create standardized tools and resources to assist decision-making practices within this scale. Thus, a collaborative approach using the Model for Collaborative Evaluations (MCE) was used in this evaluation. Results of this effort provide additional considerations for Psychotherapy Base 22. The source of information from Psychotherapy Base 22 has several sources, for example, Kris Hadar, Solomón Sellam, and Manuel López Cano, who focused on knowing the psychological, behavioral, and evolutionary characteristics of people, adding to it a therapeutic approach (López Cano, 2020). Arithmetic Principles: Psychotherapy Base 22 is based on the first 22 numbers; therefore, the upper numbers have to be reduced to a number between 1 and 22. If the first reduction from the sum of the numbers does not come to be between the number 1 and 22, it will
be necessary to do another. For example: 37 = 3 + 7 = 10. However, 1898 = 26 as it is greater than 22 then it is reduced until it is between 1 and 22. The reduction is: 2 + 6 = 8. The Mirror: According to López Cano (2020), the mirror reflects the image of a person in all its aspects: Physical, social, psychological, and psychic. The mirror shows a summary of the blockages or contradictions that everyone faces in their lives to integrate and accept their reality. If the stress tolerance level is exceeded, it is possible to fall into the mask that is the opposite to the mirror. It is the place of defense that serves as an incentive to handle the proper energy and flow back into the mirror (see Figure 2). For example, Number 11 individuals have determination, ability for resolution and courage, achieve their proposed objectives, and become great bosses. If their masculine side can't find a way to properly manage their energy, they will become verbally violent, while a well-balanced feminine side functions as an energetic channel suitable for creation. Some principles are: Energy, autonomy, self-confidence, and leadership. Some strengths are: Resolute, great leader, and very intuitive. Some weaknesses are: Impatient, irritable, angry, and hypersensitive. The Mask: According to López Cano (2020), the mask is the one that shapes our way of being. For instance, it comprises all these personal, intimate, and nontransferable premises that make us flow naturally. In addition, it is everything that is imposed on us by rules, laws, environment, customs, and events that prevent us from flowing and lead us to experience situations that impinge on us (see Figure 3). When something out of the ordinary occurs, there is a distancing that causes the appearance of defense reaction, creating the mask to protect ourselves from difficulties. It constitutes a protection system, an escape valve that is not something negative, but on the contrary, it is necessary to evolve. When the mirror pillars begin to sink because their energy is blocked, then individuals instinctively place themselves in a defensive position and begin to fall into the mask, although it is not an immediate process as there are other ones before it (e.g., pillar of resistance, emergency pillar) to avoid long-term leading to fall into illness. For example, Number 2 are very sensitive, conciliatory and intuitive people, with great emotional wisdom, and tend towards introversion. Some principles are: Intuition, observation, emotion, and secret. Some strengths are: Reserved, conciliatory, brooding. Weaknesses: Occultist; introverted; hypocritical; dependent. Collaborative Evaluation Approach: Several collaborative methodologies exist (Fetterman et al. 2014), and each has advantages. In this article, we use the MCE because it can provide additional
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