A note on the use of the Rorschach in the assessment of analyzability.

George, F.H.

doi:10.1037/0736-9735.16.2.281

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“…One could ask what testing offers that a trial analysis could not accomplish just as easily. First, psychoanalytically informed testing may perform some of the same functions as a trial analysis without subjecting (certain vulnerable) patients to the potential narcis-sistic injury of being told they have "failed" their "trial" (Frank, 1999). Second, the standardization of test materials allows greater clarity in isolating shifts in the patient's functioning and the triggers for those shifts.…”

Section: Complexity Of Functioning Under Varying Conditionsmentioning

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Psychological testing and analyzability: Breathing new life into an old issue.

Peebles-Kleiger¹,

Horwitz²,

Kleiger³

et al. 2006

Psychoanalytic Psychology

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The construct of analyzability (i.e., selecting for psychoanalysis) has been with us for 101 years. It has been extensively discussed and extensively debated. Most recently, it has been proposed that the construct has expired, due to the shrinking pool of people interested in undergoing psychoanalysis and the expanding meaning of what psychoanalysis is. The present authors briefly summarize the life and near-death of the construct, and suggest resuscitation, but only with revamping. More specifically, we insist that thoughtful treatment planning is always essential for focus, safety, and effectiveness of any treatment, including psychoanalysis. If we transition to a paradigm of "mapping" the patient's structural strengths and weaknesses, via a particular approach to psychological testing outlined in this article, we pay respect to the unpredictable and complex array of shiftings, moment-to-moment, within the psychoanalytic relational encounter, and thereby offer the analyst a chance at foresight that is relevant, intelligent, and attuned.In a chapter titled "The End of Analyzability," Michael Moskowitz (1996) declared, "Even though the issue [of analyzability] is dead, its ghost remains an immortal presence" (p. 179). Remembering Mark Twain, we believe that reports of the demise of the concept of analyzability have been "greatly exaggerated," and the concept warrants rescue from a premature grave. The purpose of this article is to use concepts from the model of psychological testing developed at the Menninger Clinic to reenergize the assessment of

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Section: Complexity Of Functioning Under Varying Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, outlining the details of the patient's treatment needs allows informed choice—for both analyst and patient. Further, outlining the details provides guidelines for how to work should one choose to begin (e.g., Frank, 1999).…”

Section: The Role Of Psychological Testing In Assessing Analyzabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%