ABSTRACT
As has already been discussed, I hold the opinion that an essential factor in any research in psychotherapy is the publication of a summary of the evidence on all the patients treated. This evidence is set down in 'Assessment and Therapy Forms', one of many such forms developed by the Workshop for the purpose of summarizing clinical material. It has been necessary to strike a balance between completeness and unmanageable length. For this reason I have concentrated mainly on what I regard as really essential: (i) a full account of the original disturbances in the patient and the changes in them, and (ii) a brief account of the course of therapy. I have in general omitted the material provided by projection tests and interviews by independent assessors, except where this provides important additional or contradictory information. There is no intention of underestimating the contribution of our psychologists, which in almost every case formed an integral part of the initial assessment, and in several an integral part of the assessment of the therapeutic result.
