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Experience Cycle Methodology

2015 
George Kelly’s later writing emphasized the process of construing. The Experience Cycle Methodology (ECM) is based on Kelly’s Experience Cycle, which is a five‐phase cycle where a person may invest in their prediction and possibly experience construct revision if invalidated (Oades & Viney, 2012). After describing the Experience Cycle the five main principles upon which the ECM was developed are described. A proforma for ECM as a semi‐structured interview is provided. Four case examples are given to illustrate the use of ECM and how it assists understanding of the construct revision process. The examples are from the experience of adolescents who are living with selective mutism. As will be described further, this is a condition whereby children, adolescents, and adults experience difficulties with speaking in select environments, despite having age‐appropriate vocabulary skills and academic abilities. The examples illustrate phases in the rich and, in this case, anxiety‐provoking experience of trying different ways to approach, and sometimes talk in, these select environments. The chapter concludes with reflections from a researcher regarding the use of ECM with people in clinical environments.
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