Two inpatient psychoanalytic therapy groups were investigated by sequential applications of repertory grid technique (Kelly, 1955) and a method for rating interactive behaviour in groups (Orlik, 1986). Results concerning characteristics of construing at the beginning of therapy, and the process of change during therapy, discriminating successful patients from unsuccessful ones, are presented. Therapy process factors contributing to change of construing of the self in relation to significant others are suggested and the contribution of interactional behaviour in the group to the development of therapy process as well as to treatment outcome is considered.
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