You do not currently have permission to view the full text for this document. Please sign in to an account with an active subscription or contact support.
All abstracts are reproduced with the permission of the publishers.
Rebecca Curtis, Cynthia Field, Ifat Knaan-Kostman & Kelly Mannix
Psychoanalytic Psychology, American Psychological Association, Spring 2004, Volume 21, Number 2: 183–202
Seventy-five psychoanalysts completed questionnaires about their own experiences in analysis. The items rated as most helpful were those related to the analyst's qualities, such as genuineness and openness. The intervention most correlated with perceived change, however, was ‘helped me become aware of experiences I was avoiding’, with openness to ideas and experiences and toleration of anger also highly related to perceived change. A factor analysis revealed five factors, with active interventions, supportive relationship, and disclosure/mutuality significantly correlated with change. The areas in which the analysts noted the most change in themselves were related to capacities for intimacy and a wider range of emotions and behaviors. These areas of change are not the traditional ones associated with symptom reduction, although serious symptoms were also reported as ameliorated. The results indicate that the most effective interventions are active ones in a supportive relationship, suggesting that more than a good alliance is needed. (PsycINFO Database Record © 2004 APA, all rights reserved.)
Anssi Peräkylä
Psychotherapy Research, Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, September 2004, Volume 14, Number 3: 289–307
Twenty-seven psychoanalytic sessions were tape-recorded and transcribed with the aim of describing key aspects of the psychoanalytic technique as they appear in these recordings. The method of the study, which included two experienced analysts and their three patients, was conversation analysis. This study focuses on interpretations that make links between different do