A questionnaire survey of 50 patients treated by behavior therapy or
short-term, analytically oriented psychotherapy revealed that both groups,
as well as those patients who improved the most, placed a high value on
insight, the patient-therapist relationship, catharsis, and trust. The
findings suggest that behavior therapy patients tend to place more emphasis
than do their therapists on factors that have traditionally been thought
important in analytic psychotherapy.
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