Reaching through Resistance: Advanced Psychotherapy Techniques

A New Metapsychology of the Unconscious Helps Patients Succeed in Psychotherapy
About half of all psychotherapy clients do not respond--or even worsen--in treatment. Why? They unknowingly use treatment-defeating behaviors, or resistances, that prevent successful collaboration with the therapist. It's as if they cannot allow treatment to succeed. This can be frustrating and demoralizing for both the therapist and the client.
How can you and your client detect and handle treatment resistance...