Little relationship was found between measures of therapist orientation and patient experience for the total sample. However, when patients were separated into more homogeneous diagnostic groups, some significant relationships emerged. The element of therapist orientation which had most impact on patient experience was therapists' acknowledgement…

Conjoint therapy requires reciprocal respect of the two therapists as well as each therapist's fidelity to his/her own treatment plan. The patients' difficulties in shifting between group and individual treatment are discussed. A review of the literature and case studies are presented. (BEF)

The present study aimed at delineating the major dimensions of psychotherapeutic interchange as they appear from three perspectives--patients', therapists', and observers'--and relating these to clinical and empirical assessments of the therapy's outcome. The present aim is to describe the major dimensions of the observer's perspective of the…

Scores of three rating scales indicated that a disparity exists between counselors' and patients' perceptions of the latter's therapeutic environment. (CK)

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, Austin, November 1968. Research supported by a grant from NIH to the Institute for Juvenile Research.

An extended version of this article was submitted to Loyola University, Chicago as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

The results of a questionnaire suggested that therapists and patients do not view therapy within the same frame of reference. (CK)

Approach entailed obtaining patients' scores on a sympton checklist and a role expectancy scale prior to therapy, on the basis of his scores, the patient was assigned to that therapist who, over a previous year, had obtained the most "positive" outcomes with regard to patients showing particular pretherapy score patterns. Presented at American…

Based on a PhD dissertation (Syracuse University).

Discusses use of alternate sessions, regularly scheduled meetings without the therapist, in analytic group therapy and proposes that opinions should be derived from a theoretical formulation, not in place of one. A decision against the use of alternate sessions is presented by delineating basics of psychoanalytic theory. (Author/BEF)

This study attempts to (1) assess the effects of therapist credibility and patient-therapist similarity on interpersonal persuasion; and (2) to further assess the relationship between patient attitude change and psychotherapy outcome. (HMV)

Evaluated computer interview to standardize collection of target complaints. Adult outpatients (N=103) completed computer interview, unstructured intake interview, Symptoms Checklist-90, and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Results provided support for the computer interview in regard to reliability and validity though there was low…

A sample of prominent psychotherapists were asked to fill out the A-B therapist "type" scale and comment on their possible differential effectiveness in treating schizoid/schizophrenic versus neurotic patients. The data suggest that B therapists desire and seek more complex and exciting sensory-cognitive inputs during therapy hours than A…

Two previous reports have specified the empirical structure of patients' and therapists' experiences in psychotherapeutic sessions. The present report explores the structure of experience within the therapeutic dyad--conjoint experience. (Author/RC)

Research supported by a National Institute of Mental Health predoctoral research fellowship (1-F1-MH-36960-01).