Structures of introject and therapist-patient interaction in a single case study of inpatient psychotherapy

Author(s): Schmitz, N.

Journal/Book: Psychother Res. 1999; 9: 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012, USA. Guilford Publications Inc. 199-215.

Abstract: This case study in inpatient psychotherapy attempts to identify characteristic patterns of interactions between therapists and their patients. To this end, we make use of the nonlinear analysis of dominance of interactions, a method of analyzing complex dynamic systems with regard to dominant influences and critical and stable variables. The method is based on Intrex questionnaire data giving evidence of self-directed behavior and therapeutic interactions in relation to the model of the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB). This empirical study endeavors to explain why certain introjective and interpersonal kinds of a patient behaviors seem to be dominant, thus influencing other behavior, whereas other kinds seem to be critical, unstable, and likely to be influenced. We get an impression of what might be termed the patient's intrapersonal and interpersonal psychodynamics.

Note: Article Hartkamp N, Univ Dusseldorf, Clin Psychosomat Med & Psychotherapy, H19, POB 120510, D-40605 Dusseldorf, GERMANY

Keyword(s): DOMINANCE

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