THE 1ST TRIAL OF THE P-TECHNIQUE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY-RESEARCH - A STILL-LIVELY LEGACY

A 49-year-old study of P technique applied to a psychotherapy patient with a recurrent physical symptom is dusted off and re-presented, toge ther with examples of other studies with similar methods ods conducted since then. The specific aims were to understand the main dimensions of psychotherapeutic change as well as the context for the recurrent s ymptom. The general aims were to illustrate the contributions from app lying the P technique to psychotherapy research, to psychosomatic medi cine, and to personality research.