The purpose of the current investigation was to conduct a treatment development study applying brief Supportive-Expressive psychodynamic psychotherapy to the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Background and rationale for the development of an interpersonallyoriented psychodynamic therapy for GAD are presented, followed by the methods and results of the treatment development project. The goals of the project were to develop a treatment manual, train therapists, assess the integrity of the treatment delivered, and collect preliminary efficacy data. Outcome data on 26 patients with a DSM-IV diagnosis of GAD indicate that the treatment appears to be promising. Patients revealed significant change in anxiety, as well as in depression, worry,

This investigation explored the nature of transference of interpersonal patterns in patients' psychotherapy narratives. The relation between interpersonal patterns with significant others in a patient's life and the pattern with the therapist early in treatment was examined. Cluster analysis was used to categorize similar relationships for each of 35 patients. Many patients revealed multiple interpersonal themes in their relationship narratives. Furthermore, these interpersonal themes correlated significantly with the interpersonal pattern extracted from narratives told about the therapist for many of the patients who discussed the therapeutic relationship during therapy. However, the interpersonal pattern evident in the relationship with the therapist was not necessarily the most pervasive pattern exhibited in the narratives about significant others.

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