Minor Breaches Within The Boundary

Transference is often manifested as an erotic attraction towards a therapist, but can be seen in many other forms such as rage, hatred, mistrust, prettification, extreme dependence, or even placing the therapist in a god-like or guru status. When Freud initially encountered transference in his therapy with clients, he felt it was an obstacle to treatment success. But what he learned was that the analysis of the transference was actually the work that needed to be done. The focus in psychodynamic psychotherapy is, in large part, the therapist and client recognizing the transference relationship and exploring what the meaning of the relationship is. Because the transference between patient and therapist happens on an unconscious level, psychodynamic therapists who are largely concerned with a patient's unconscious material use the transference to reveal unresolved conflicts patients have with figures from their childhoods. Countertransference is defined as redirection of a therapist's feelings toward a client, or more generally as a therapist's emotional entanglement with a client. A therapist's atonement to his own countertransference is nearly as critical as his understanding of the transference. Not only does this help the therapist regulate his or her own emotions in the therapeutic relationship, but it also gives the therapist valuable insight into

Transference is part of the way we relate to each other inside and outside psychotherapy, psychiatry and we have to manage it as best we can. Much of the time, it is simply a part of the complexity of any relationship, and is not a problem for either party. For example, a member of the group is fluctuated by the therapist, and unconsciously take on the characteristic behavior only to imitate them. This could be good for short term, but eventually they need to find their own way. When the group finalizes the member is still in need of the therapist, the dependence becomes an issue, the

The reason behind this is that the counsellor is attempting to represent themselves as a ‘blank screen’ on to which the client may project their deeply held speculations about their close relationships with others. By the counsellor being neutral and detached they can ensure that the feelings the client has towards them are not caused by anything that the counsellor has done but are a result of the client projecting an image of their Mother, Father or any other close family member who has impacted their live. This process is called transference and is a powerful aid in psychodynamic therapy as it allows the counsellor to observe the early childhood relationships of the client as these relationships are commonly reenacted within the one to one therapy. The aim is to assist the client to become aware of the projections by seeing them first in the relationship with the counsellor and then with the relationships with other people (McLeod,

Counter-transference can be defined as the occurrence of unresolved personal feelings of the therapist that are projected unto his or her client. Sigmund Freud coined the term counter-transference in 1910, who viewed counter-transference as the result of the client influencing unconscious feelings of the therapist (Hayes, Gelso, & Hummel, 2011).

Whatever theoretical perspective a psychoanalyst employs, the fundamentals of psychoanalysis are always present—an understanding of transference, an interest in the unconscious, and the centrality of the psychoanalyst-patient relationship in the healing process.The psychoanalytic treatment setting is designed to magnify transference phenomena so that they can be examined and untangled from present day

According to Seligman & Reichenburg (2014), transference is when a client sees the characteristics of another person, in the counsellor. This is someone in the clients life, in most cases- a parent (Karpetis, 2015).

The identification and interpretation of transference is a cornerstone of psychodynamic therapy. Through the linking of the here and now interactions of client and therapist with experiences from the past, transference interpretations can often serve as a valuable tool for insight and change.

With researchers noting that Freuds theory “has a lot to offer to modern theories of consciousness and that insights from Freudian theory are relevant to modern day concepts of consciousness in cognitive neuroscience.” (De Sousa, 2011). Personally, in all my counseling theory classes, the importance of transference and countertransference was highly emphasized.

Based on Bateman and Holmes (1995), the most straightforward ‘classical’ definition of the dynamic aspect of transference may be summarized as a process by which the patient transfers onto his analyst past experiences which he previously experienced in relation to significant persons such as his mother, father or siblings earlier in life. The patient is unaware of this false connection, and experiences the feelings not as if they belong to the past but as directly relevant to the present. In the case of Zahra, at the beginning of counseling, she used to react to most of my statements and comments in a defensive and aggressive mode. I believe that she might perceive them sometimes as critics and some other

The classical technique gives the patient instructions by telling the client to speak their mind, including the thoughts that interfere with the patient’s train of thought (Counselling.directory.org). The analyst continues with asking questions and for clarification. The analyst, once gaining trust, will begin to use confrontation to bring up certain aspects of the client’s thoughts to echo them into the client’s head. Then, the clinician will use interpretation, such as dynamic interpretation, genetic interpretation, resistance interpretation, transference interpretation, or dream interpretation. Dynamic interpretation is used to reveal defense vs. affect, genetic interpretation explains how the past is morphing the present, resistance interpretation is exemplifying to the patient that they are ignoring their problems and pushing them deeper and deeper into the unconscious. The transference interpretation may show the patient how old issues may influence new relationships or dream interpretation which takes the client’s thoughts about their dreams and connecting it with issues within their life

In the discussion building up to the application of transference, the blank slate is used to set the tone. The counselor is reserved, using silence, and allowing his client to judge himself based on his father’s teachings. At one point Stan states that his father would say “quit all the belly aching,” and further adds that he would be out of favor if his father knew that he was in counseling. The client projects on to the counselor when speaking about his father, and in this scenario transference starts the process of regression. The

Conscious Transference is when a therapist chooses to share the affect the client is having on their feelings (Fuertes, 2013). It can also be when a therapist share an experience they have that relates to what a client is sharing. In this process, it helps the client and therapist understand each other better and it allows trust to grow. The client should have several ways on how to approach or gain perspective when it comes to communicating with others. Useful counter-transference is geared to the client and assists their growth, while the therapist can continue to focus on building a positive relationship with the client (Oelsner, 2013).  In order to have a positive relationship with a client there should be a personal bond between a therapist and client. If trust is gained it should limit counter-transference and with trust between the client and counselor a level of comfort comes that will help build a strong relationship. Developing healthy boundaries and being mindful of counter-transference as it can come into the therapy sessions will eliminate future issues and the therapist can making the client first priority (King, Obrien,

As with transference, the general direction of therapy is always going to be for the client to accept

six sessions conducted by Carl Rogers. The rate of in-session therapeutic phenomena was determined using the Experience Scale and the Category System of Good Moments. The results indicate that significant in-session therapeutic phenomena are preceded by interpretations and qualitative differences exist between interpretations that precede change events and those that do not (Gazzola & Stalikas, 2015, p. 314). The whole concept of interpretation comes from Freud’s efforts to find hidden meanings behind actions and communications presented by the client. Interpretation is defined as any therapist theory that goes beyond what the client has recognized, adds something qualitatively different to what was previously stated by the client, and presents

The third session involves the analysis of transference or the working through phase (Murdock, 2013); these result from the affect discussed in the second session. Transference refers to Kutlwano regarding the therapist as a significant other from his past (Karpetis, 2015). This results from Kutlwano’s freely associated feelings/affect relating to what aggrevates his anger. From the behavioural aspect explained above, the transference could include the anger that has been directed to Tamia. Thus, Kutlwano could see Tamia in his therapist and pose feelings of anger towards his