AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALOGUE OF THREE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACHES.

The article attempts to set up models of therapeutic situations in which analogues to several different therapeutic approaches might be examined. For example, if the patient and therapist concentrate on the environment, the nature of the environment, the forces at work in the environment, and other general environmental factors, it can be seen that particular therapeutic approach is quite similar to the approach classically practiced by the social or guidance worker. The study suggests that the categories of response concern primarily with the environment, the subject, and the examiner can be rated reliably and offer a potential tool for further research in the area of psychotherapy.