The Patient–Analyst Match and the Outcome of Psychoanalysis: A Pilot Study

Abstract

This paper presents a pilot study in which we explore the possibility that the match between analyst and analysand is a factor of central importance in the analytic situation. It is an attempt to look at the issue of match across a large number of patients. The data we used were not collected for studying this topic; thus, the study has serious limitations. Nevertheless, certain patterns emerged which support our thesis that patient-analyst match plays a significant role in the outcome of psychoanalysis. We present this work as a first step in developing concepts and methods which will be pursued in a more systematic and rigorous fashion in a later study.

Spezifische psychoanalytische Interventionen

“…auch Kantrowitz et al 1989;Bachrach et al 1985;Brockmann et al 2003). Möglicherweise ahnen Patienten das seit langem.…”

Introduction

“…Not only is this a major frustration that analysts must live with; it is also a major impediment to the effective study of the analytic process and the results of analyses. It is for this reason that a number of our colleagues, notably Pfeffer (1961), Schachter and Johan (1989), Oremland, Blacker, and Norman (1975), Kantrowitz (1986), Wallerstein (1986), and Erle and Goldberg (2003), as well as a number of European authors, have conducted follow-up studies. Usually these are not done by the treatment analyst but by a colleague who interviews the patient.…”

Psychoanalytiker als Berichterstatter

“…Allerdings ist die Bedeutung der Passung in der psychoanalytischen Therapie immerhin von Kantrowitz et al (1989) …”