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Death of the analyst.
1Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.
Summary
The death of training analysts significantly extended the duration of psychoanalytic training for their patients. This study highlights the impact of therapist death on treatment length and advocates for empirical assessment in psychotherapy.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Psychotherapy Research
- Psychoanalysis
Background:
- The death of a psychotherapist can profoundly impact ongoing treatment.
- Understanding this impact is crucial for both clinical practice and training.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the effect of training analyst death on the length of psychoanalytic training.
- To explore empirical methods for evaluating psychotherapeutic work.
Main Methods:
- The study used the length of analytic training as a dependent variable.
- Fisher's exact probability test was employed to analyze the data.
Main Results:
- Patients whose analysts died experienced a statistically significant increase in their training length (p < .02).
- This finding suggests a measurable disruption in training due to the analyst's death.
Conclusions:
- The death of a training analyst has a demonstrable impact on analysand training duration.
- There is a need for greater application of scientific methodology to assess psychotherapeutic processes and outcomes.