ABSTRACT
This chapter reports the findings from the first phase of the analysis. It is organized as follows:
Summary of fieldwork
The empirical data
Key themes from the analysis of my selected cases
Key themes from a combination of my own cases and those of colleagues
The data emerging from the literary sources
Key proponents
The developmental context of brief psychodynamic therapy
The key themes emerging from the literature
Empirical data: key themes from analysis of the cases against themes from literature
Reflections on the initial findings
A reflective process to select key themes for further analysis
