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A Match Made in Heaven?: A Pilot Study of Patient–Therapist Match

Received July 22, 1997; revised October 21, 1997; accepted October 29, 1997. From the Department of Psychiatry, Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032. Send correspondence to Dr. Vaughan at the above address.

The authors report on a study of patient– therapist match in 50 psychodynamic psychotherapy dyads. Sixty-six percent of patients and therapists agreed about the quality of the match, with 58% of patients and 56% of therapists reporting that the match was positive. Positive match correlated with positive patient and therapist assessments about the progress and process of therapy, but not with perceived similarity of personal characteristics. Patients' and therapists' perceptions about their similarities and differences from one another did not correlate. This study suggests it is both possible and important to gather data from both patient and therapist when studying match.

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