1st Edition

Psychoanalytic Treatment in Adults A longitudinal study of change

By Rosemary Cogan, John H. Porcerelli Copyright 2016
172 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

The outcomes of psychoanalysis, as with other psychotherapies, vary considerably. Psychoanalytic Treatment in Adults examines the results of a longitudinal study of change during psychoanalysis, illuminating the characteristics of patients, analysts and analyses which can help to predict outcomes of treatment. Written by experienced psychologists and psychoanalysts, chapters in the book... Read more

Preface

Part I: Beginnings

Chapter 1 Therapeutic aims of psychoanalysis

Chapter 2 Research on psychoanalytic outcomes

Chapter 3 This project

Part II: Comparing Outcome Groups

Chapter 4 Negative therapeutic reaction vs. others

Chapter 5 Attrition: Dropping out vs. others

Chapter 6 Attrition: External events vs. others

Chapter 7 Attrition: Dropping out vs. external events

Chapter 8 Analyses ending with mutual agreement between patient and analyst: Without maximum benefits vs. others

Chapter 9 Analyses ending with mutual agreement between patient and analyst: With maximum benefits vs. others

Chapter 10 Analyses ending with mutual agreement between patient and analyst: With vs. without maximum benefits

Part III: Insight and change

Chapter 11 The role of insight in change
with N. G. Cogan

Part IV: Conclusions

Chapter 12 What we have learned
with N. G. Cogan

Index

Biography

Rosemary Cogan is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, USA.

John H. Porcerelli is Director of Behavioral Medicine and Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA.