How to Practice Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy: The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme Method

An exploratory study of child molesters' relationship patterns using the core conflictual relationship theme method.

This study examined the relationship patterns of N = 20 child molesters (CM) using the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) method. The relationship patterns of the CMs were compared with those of a control group of N = 20 subjects from an out patient counseling service. Results showed that CMs had significantly less wish to be controlled, hurt, and not responsible than the control group....

Object Relations and Core Conflictual Relationship Theme in Patients with Major Depression and Normal Individuals

Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the object relations and core conflictual relationship theme in depressed patients and compare them with normal individuals. Method: Thirty people with major depressive disorder and thirty normal individuals were selected using the convenience sampling method with structured clinical Interviews (SCID-I & SCID-II) and the psychiatric Symptoms Check...

Reformulation of the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme ( CCRT ) Categories : The CCRT - LU Category System

ABSTRACT Title of Document: APPLICATION OF THE SOCIAL RELATIONS MODEL TO THE CORE CONFLICTUAL RELATIONSHIP THEME IN GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY: EVALUATION OF THE SOCIAL MICROCOSM THEORY

Title of Document: APPLICATION OF THE SOCIAL RELATIONS MODEL TO THE CORE CONFLICTUAL RELATIONSHIP THEME IN GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY: EVALUATION OF THE SOCIAL MICROCOSM THEORY Rayna D. Markin, PhD, 2007 Directed By: Interim Dean and Professor, Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr., Department of Counseling and Personnel Services The group therapy literature is plagued with methodological and statistical pitfalls....

A comparison of core conflictual relationship themes before psychotherapy and during early sessions.

This report shows (a) that the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) can be rated reliably either from therapy sessions or from a special pretreatment interview in a group of depressed patients, and (b) that the CCRTs obtained before treatment are similar to the CCRTs extracted from the early sessions of brief dynamic psychotherapy. The data suggest that, at least in the early sessions of ...