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Professional Background and Themes Used in Clinical Case Description
In order to explore similarities & diff's in clinical thinking among 400 Freudian psychiatrists, psychol'ts, & soc workers, they were asked to evaluate the transcript of one analytic & one therapy session. The case descriptions obtained were classified in terms of themes descri...
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Published in: | Human relations (New York) 1962-02, Vol.15 (1), p.53-61 |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | In order to explore similarities & diff's in clinical thinking among 400 Freudian psychiatrists, psychol'ts, & soc workers, they were asked to evaluate the transcript of one analytic & one therapy session. The case descriptions obtained were classified in terms of themes describing the patient, the therapist, & the thereapeutic technique. In describing the patient all the clinicians emphasized pathology rather than adaptation. All clinicians, regardless of professional training, described the 2 patients in diff terms. The analytic patient's problem was thought more often to stem from his early childhood relation with the father, whereas in the therapy case the motherchild relation was considered more important. The transfer of signif early childhood relationships to the person of the therapist was more frequently described in the analytic than in the therapy case. Favorable comment as to the therapist's attitude & his technique was also more frequent in the analytic case. Areas of agreement are tentatively explained partly by reference to the clinical material & partly by speculation as to preconceptions common among clinicians. Interdisciplinary cliff's found included: (1) some evidence that psychol'ts may differ from psychiatrists & soc workers in their approach to transference & countertransference problems, & (2) soc workers were found to make favorable comment concerning the therapist & his technique more frequently than members of the other 2 disciplines. The possibility that soc workers may be characterized by more frequent moralistic judgments concerning the therapy patient's alcoholism & promiscuity was explored. Some indications in favor of this hypothesis were found. AA. |
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ISSN: | 0018-7267 1741-282X |
DOI: | 10.1177/001872676201500106 |