An analysis of patient therapist compatibility.

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Abstract
Patients were characterized in terms of productivity on the Rorschach. Therapists were characterized in terms of professional training, sex, warmth, competence at analytically-oriented therapy, and passivity. The results showed: (a) therapists differ in regard to the type of patients who continue or discontinue with them; (b) patients who continue or discontinue have no relationship to whether or not the therapist is a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, or social worker; (c) sex of therapist made a difference; (d) therapists rated as warm and friendly kept a larger percentage in therapy; (e) therapists competent in analytically-oriented therapy lost fewer patients; (f) passivity seemed unrelated to productivity of patients. 26 refs.

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