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Lexical differences between working and resistance sessions in psychoanalysis
Author(s) -
Reynes Robert,
Martindale Colin,
Dahl Hartvig
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198405)40:3<733::aid-jclp2270400315>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , psychology , psychoanalytic theory , resistance (ecology) , diversity (politics) , psychotherapist , process (computing) , working through , content (measure theory) , cognitive psychology , psychoanalysis , computer science , world wide web , ecology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , sociology , anthropology , biology , operating system
Divided 25 psychoanalytic sessions with a single patient into 10 working sessions, 5 neutral sessions, and 10 resistance sessions on the basis of ratings by psychoanalysts. Using the Regressive Imagery Dictionary on Keypunched transcripts of these sessions, significantly more primary process content and less secondary process content was found in the patient's working‐session speech, as opposed to resistance‐session speech. Lexical diversity was also higher during working sessions. Results are compared with those obtained with other types of verbal material and are discussed in terms of psychoanalytic views on the process of psychotherapy.