[The core conflictual relationship theme of core relationship patterns. A further methodology-critical development of the "core conflictual relationship theme" method].

The Core Conflictual Relationship Thema Method (CCRT) by Lester Luborsky is based on the analysis of narratives about relationship episodes within transcripts of therapy sessions. Wishes, responses of the other and responses of the self are identified and counted. The critical explanation with the CCRT-Method conducted to alternative methods of data analysis. In the result we have not only one Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT), but we analyse the structure of Central Relationship Pattern (CRP). We set an example with a completely judged brief psychodynamic psychotherapy with about 300 relationship episodes.