Latent thematic concordancy in psychotherapy sessions.
In a single case study of a psychoanalytically oriented treatment, the associative distance between patient and therapist concerning the subject of the session was rated. This distance was operationalized by the so-called 'latent thematic concordancy' (LCON) and measured after each session. With the aid of a modified form of the 'therapy session check sheet' (TSCS) of Graff and Luborsky, a constellation of low manifest and low positive transference together with high resistance was isolated which was linked with low LCON with a high prediction rate. This transference constellation resembles the resistance against transference as described by Gill. It seems to be related to a great distance between the associations of patient and therapist concerning the subject of therapy sessions.
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001766:Blindness / Q000628:therapy; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D003379:Countertransference; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D014167:Transference, Psychology