Searching for the facts in the clinical setting with couples

Area of Science:

• Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
• Psychoanalytic Audit Systems
• Jungian Psychology

Background:

• The Tavistock Marital Studies Institute utilizes a specific couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy model.
• Existing audit systems often rely on objective measures like RCTs or generic questionnaires, which may not capture the nuances of analytic psychotherapy.
• There is a need for an audit system that respects the unique, subjective data generated in analytic psychotherapy.

Purpose of the Study:

• To examine the conceptual and clinical coherence of the analytic concepts underpinning the Tavistock model for audit purposes.
• To propose a psychoanalytic audit system that incorporates therapist subjectivity.
• To integrate Jungian concepts into the audit model, given the institute's historical ties to Jungian analysts.

Main Methods:

• A mixed-methods approach combining qualitative and quantitative research strategies.
• Exploration of the theoretical framework of couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
• Consideration of Jungian analytical psychology principles.

Main Results:

• The paper outlines a research proposal, not yet presenting empirical results.
• It details the methodological approach for evaluating the proposed audit system.
• The feasibility of a subjectivity-based audit system is under investigation.

Conclusions:

• The proposed audit system aims to provide a more fitting framework for couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
• Integrating subjective therapist data is key to a meaningful audit in this field.
• Further research is needed to validate the proposed conceptual and clinical audit model.