"It was like having half of the patient in therapy": Therapists of nonimproved patients looking back on their work.

To explore therapists' experiences of therapeutic process in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with nonimproved young adults. Eight nonimproved cases were identified according to the criterion of reliable and clinically significant change in self-rated symptoms. Transcripts of therapist interviews (8 at baseline and 8 at termination) were analyzed applying grounded-theory methodology.