PSY3120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Therapeutic Relationship, Socratic Dialogue, Egalitarianism
29 Oct 2018
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The classical analyst remains anonymous, and clients develop projections toward him or her. The focus is on reducing the resistances that develop in working with transference and on establishing more rational control. Clients undergo long-term analysis, engage in free association to uncover conflicts, and gain insight by talking. The analyst makes interpretations to teach clients the meaning of current behavior as it relates to the past. In contemporary relational psychoanalytic therapy, the relationship is central and emphasis is given to here-and-now dimensions of this relationship. The emphasis is on joint responsibility, on mutually determining goals, on mutual trust and respect, and on equality. The focus is on identifying, exploring, and dis(cid:272)losi(cid:374)g (cid:373)istake(cid:374) goals a(cid:374)d faulty assu(cid:373)ptio(cid:374)s (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) the perso(cid:374)"s lifestyle. The therapist"s (cid:373)ai(cid:374) tasks are to a(cid:272)(cid:272)urately grasp (cid:272)lie(cid:374)ts" (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g i(cid:374) the (cid:449)orld a(cid:374)d to establish a personal and authentic encounter with them. The immediacy of the client therapist relationship and the authenticity of the here-and-now encounter are stressed.
