Rob-
As a student new to the complexities of constructivism, I can sympathise
with your statistician friend. I was first exposed to constructivist
ideas in a family therapy class in my MSW curriculum at UC Berkeley and
still have much to learn. Nonetheless, I have some thoughts....
Are you using any parallel measures to your development of the grids?
Clearly, that would be the most traditional approach to validity, but
another approach might be to calculate internal validities to see if
those measures remain stable over time.
From a more theoretical angle, I am interested about whether you've
constructed grids to cover your own interpretive/therapeutic process as
a constructively oriented therapist. I do not mean to complicate
things, but I am interested in learning more about the mechanics of
research bases for the constructivist therapies. A comparison of your
grids for your own process vs. those of your clients might be
illuminating.
Thanks! greg
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