Categorical or dimensional? Differentiation of treatment techniques in short and long-term psychodynamic and psychoanalytic therapies [Elektronische Ressource] / Carolina Seybert

Department for Psychosomatic Medicine & Psychotherapy Ulm University Director: Prof. Dr. Harald Gündel CATEGORICAL OR DIMENSIONAL? DIFFERENTIATION OF TREATMENT TECHNIQUES IN SHORT AND LONG-TERM PSYCHODYNAMIC AND PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPIES Dissertation to obtain the Doctoral Degree of Human Biology (Dr. biol. hum.) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ulm Carolina Seybert Porto 2011 Present Dean: Prof. Dr. Thomas Wirth 1. Reviewer: Prof. Dr. Dr. Horst Kächele 2. Reviewer: Prof. Dr. Anna Buchheim Graduation Day: 08.07.2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction.…..………………………………………………………..............1 1.1 Psychoanalytic therapy research……………………………………………... 1 1.1.1 The six stages of treatment research…………………………………........... 4 1.2 Methods of psychoanalytic process research………………………….……. 6 1.2.1 The use of audio- or video-recordings.…….. 7 1.2.2 Triadic Methods: Patient-Therapist-Process…………………………….…... 7 1.3 The ‘Psychotherapy Process Q-set’ (PQS).…....13 1.3.1 Past research with the PQS method………………………………………....16 1.4 Therapeutic techniques………………………………………………………. 27 1.4.1 Introduction to therapeutic techniques…………………………………….... 27 1.4.2 Operationalization of therapeutic techniques by the PQS………………... 29 1.5 Hypothesis and research questions……………………………………….… 48 1.5.