ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the aspects of outcome which are as follows: therapeutic effects during therapy, which provide validation of dynamic psychotherapy without controls; changes in the patient's appearance; the attainment of "happiness"; facing stress without relapse, which is one of the tests of "total resolution"; and what may be called "transcendental" experiences during the follow-up period. All these aspects of outcome illustrate the depth of the changes that can be achieved by this method of treatment. In follow-up interviews, it is routine to ask patients what they felt about their treatment, and in particular what factors they thought were responsible for any changes that may have occurred. The chapter concludes with a series of comments from the patients on the therapeutic factors in their therapy, which show extraordinary accuracy, and, finally, the important observation at follow-up of the absence of unresolved transference.
