Rorschach test findings at the beginning of treatment and 2 years later, with a 30-year follow-up.
In this article, I report a case containing 2 Rorschach assessments-the first (R1) 30 years ago at the beginning of a 4-year period of psychotherapy and the second (R2) 2 years later. I also recently contacted the patient to obtain information about his life during the 26 years since termination. This report examines the 2 Rorschach protocols-combining the Comprehensive System (CS; Exner, 2003) structural summaries with thematic content analysis-in relation to the patient's history, treatment, and 30-year outcome. I focus on the change between R1 and R2, particularly the shift from an introversive to an ambitent EB and a corresponding shift from 6 Y responses on R1 to 6 m responses on R2. In the clinical interpretation, I considered these shifts in a context of the patient's patterns of managing destabilization and overstimulation.
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Marshall L
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Department of Psychology, Long Island University, Brookville, NY 11548, USA. msilver@liu.edu
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000628:therapy*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods; D012392:Rorschach Test / Q000592:standards*