Resolving Counterresistances In Psychotherapy
Widely acclaimed for his insightful book on resolving patients' resistances in psychotherapy, Dr Strean now addresses the virtually neglected problem of therapists' counterresistances - the fantasies, defenses, and other elements of the therapist's own psychological makeup that can impede the therapeutic process. At the core of this book is a crucial question: If the therapist cannot or will not confront his or her own resistances, how can the patient be expected to?; The book begins with a clear conceptualization of counterresistance in psychotherapy. Subsequent chapters focus on the ways in which counterresistance manifests itself in the initial, middle, and closing phases of therapy. Case vignettes delineate essential features of various tupes of counterresistance and show how and when to combat them.
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Resolving Counterresistances In Psychotherapy
Widely acclaimed for his insightful book on resolving patients' resistances in psychotherapy, Dr Strean now addresses the virtually neglected problem of therapists' counterresistances - the fantasies, defenses, and other elements of the therapist's own psychological makeup that can impede the therapeutic process. At the core of this book is a crucial question: If the therapist cannot or will not confront his or her own resistances, how can the patient be expected to?; The book begins with a clear conceptualization of counterresistance in psychotherapy. Subsequent chapters focus on the ways in which counterresistance manifests itself in the initial, middle, and closing phases of therapy. Case vignettes delineate essential features of various tupes of counterresistance and show how and when to combat them.
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Resolving Counterresistances In Psychotherapy

Resolving Counterresistances In Psychotherapy

by Herbert S. Strean
Resolving Counterresistances In Psychotherapy
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Resolving Counterresistances In Psychotherapy

Resolving Counterresistances In Psychotherapy

by Herbert S. Strean

Overview

Widely acclaimed for his insightful book on resolving patients' resistances in psychotherapy, Dr Strean now addresses the virtually neglected problem of therapists' counterresistances - the fantasies, defenses, and other elements of the therapist's own psychological makeup that can impede the therapeutic process. At the core of this book is a crucial question: If the therapist cannot or will not confront his or her own resistances, how can the patient be expected to?; The book begins with a clear conceptualization of counterresistance in psychotherapy. Subsequent chapters focus on the ways in which counterresistance manifests itself in the initial, middle, and closing phases of therapy. Case vignettes delineate essential features of various tupes of counterresistance and show how and when to combat them.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138009615
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/11/2014
Pages: 273
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Preface ix

1 What is Counterresistance? 1

2 Gounterresistances in the Initial Sessions 43

3 The Therapy Honeymoon and the Therapist's Counterresistances 88

4 The First Treatment Crisis and the Therapist's Counterresistances 124

5 The Middle Phase: The Therapist's Resistances to Comply with the Ground Rules 156

6 The Middle Phase Continued: The Therapist's Reactions to Subtle Resistances and the Therapist's Subtle Counterresistances 190

7 Termination 222

References 239

Name Index 249

Subject Index 251

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