Objective This study arose from a praxial problem: how best to communicate with patients about the mechanism of cranial osteopathy. The research question was rooted in phenomenological concept ‘sense-making’, and expressed as: ‘What sense do osteopaths their make phenomenon osteopathy?’ Method Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) used explore ‘lived experience’ embedded sense-making p...

The author discusses the inappropriateness of insight psychotherapy with interpretative interventions in the treatment of young adolescent girls. Instead, these patients need help with strengthening their internal controls and in gaining a feeling of competence to deal with life's problem. Thus they develop a sense of mastery in both these crucial areas. Ways of achieving these goals are descri...