Toward an experiential psychoanalytic approach to the Rorschach

With a conceptual approach to the Rorschach, there is a strong tie between this test and a theory of personality that lies outside the test itself. Shifts in that personality theory can provide new concepts and formulations for understanding Rorschach data. Such shifts can also promote new and different ways of conceptualizing and using the test. The author contends that changes in psychoanalytic theory are currently facilitating a more experiential view of the Rorschach. He reviews the relationship between personality theory and Rorschach testing, discusses changes in psychoanalytic theory that are leading to a more experiential Rorschach psychology, and describes the meaning of an experiential approach to the Rorschach.