Patients' representations of psychotherapy: a new focus for psychodynamic research.
This article presents a psychodynamic framework and research methods for investigating the significance of patients' internal representations of therapy-with-their-therapists. In this article, 2 instruments developed for this purpose--the Therapist Representation Inventory and the Intersession Experience Questionnaire--are introduced, and their psychometric characteristics are described. Also, findings from a series of studies conducted with these instruments are summarized. Finally, the types of questions these instruments appear to be well suited to are proposed for addressing in future research.
University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
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Orlinsky
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D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome