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PATIENT-PSYCHOTHERAPIST ADAPTATION PATTERNS: A SYSTEMIC QUALITY OF LIFE ANALYSIS

  • Samuel Shye
  • Amir Ezrachi
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Abstract

Based on rich data collected from 54 pairs of psychotherapists and their patients across three time points, this longitudinal study compares therapists and patients regarding (a) their expectations of therapy and (b) their evaluations of its success. Expectations and evaluations were assessed in terms of expected and actual improvements in aspects of patients' quality of life targeted by psychotherapy. Structural analyses using Facet Theory revealed two interesting patient-therapist adaptation processes: Patient-Therapist Convergence in evaluations of patients’ quality of life, and Trailing Displacement (where therapists follow their patients) concerning expectations for quality-of-life improvements. These findings provide empirical support for relational psychoanalytic theories and uncover specific patterns in the patient-therapist relationship.

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@misc{shye2026patientpsychotherapist,
  title = {{PATIENT-PSYCHOTHERAPIST ADAPTATION PATTERNS: A SYSTEMIC QUALITY OF LIFE ANALYSIS}},
  author = {Samuel Shye and Amir Ezrachi},
  howpublished = {PsyArXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.31234/osf.io/5zrgm_v1},
  url = {https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5zrgm_v1/},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - PATIENT-PSYCHOTHERAPIST ADAPTATION PATTERNS: A SYSTEMIC QUALITY OF LIFE ANALYSIS
AU  - Samuel Shye
AU  - Amir Ezrachi
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/07
PB  - PsyArXiv
DO  - 10.31234/osf.io/5zrgm_v1
UR  - https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5zrgm_v1/
AB  - Based on rich data collected from 54 pairs of psychotherapists and their patients across three time points, this longitudinal study compares therapists and patients regarding (a) their expectations of therapy and (b) their evaluations of its success. Expectations and evaluations were assessed in terms of expected and actual improvements in aspects of patients' quality of life targeted by psychotherapy. Structural analyses using Facet Theory revealed two interesting patient-therapist adaptation processes: Patient-Therapist Convergence in evaluations of patients’ quality of life, and Trailing Displacement (where therapists follow their patients) concerning expectations for quality-of-life improvements. These findings provide empirical support for relational psychoanalytic theories and uncover specific patterns in the patient-therapist relationship.
ER  -