TRANSFERENCE, INSIGHT, AND THE COURSE OF TIME-LIMITED THERAPY

This study examined (a) the interactive role of therapist-rated transf erence and insight (in first session and first quarter of treatment) i n predicting the outcome of time-limited therapy and (b) the course of therapist-rated transference and insight in more and less successful cases. The sample consisted of 33 completed cases. Although neither tr ansference nor insight alone predicted outcome, the interaction of tra nsference and emotional insight was significantly related to both clie nt- and therapist-rated outcome. The course of negative transference a nd overall amount of transference differentiated more successful from less successful cases. In more successful cases, transference increase d during the first three quarters of treatment and then declined, wher eas in less successful cases, transference continued to increase throu ghout treatment.