The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme

This article presents a brief but comprehensive guide to the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) method, including its scoring, its reliability, and its validity in relation to CCRT congruent evidence that is within Freud's observations about transference. The usual CCRT method is concretely illustrated through its application to a sample interview; an extension of the CCRT is also illustrated in order to help distinguish parts of the CCRT of which the person is less aware.