Relationship Between Interpretation, Alliance, and Outcome in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

摘要: The current study examines the relationship between therapist interpretations in early stages of psychodynamic psychotherapy and subsequent outcomes for 76 outpatients. Pre-treatment characteristics global symptomatology, personality pathology, insight, level object relations were examined as possible significant patient characteristics. Independent clinicians reliably rated use over two treatment sessions (third ninth). Patient-rated alliance was also a process predictor change. Therapy measured based on patients' changes symptomatology estimates improvement across broad range functioning at end treatment. An examination independent variables revealed relationships pre-treatment disorder with (OR), OR insight interpretation. predicted reliable change symptomatology. Patients' band most significantly impacted by quality alliance. Analysis these outcome controlled effects. Statistical implications effects are discussed regard to this area research future directions investigation explored.