In Corey (2016) and Psychology Today (2012) defines transference as unconsciously retained feelings and desires from childhood both positive and negative that makes us react towards an object or person from the past. Transference is experiencing those unconscious thoughts or memories from the past to the present. In therapy, the client may experience unconscious positive or negative feelings towards the therapist. These feelings become real to the client and help them understand the problems they are experiencing which can be issues or traumas from the past. The client may relive those experiences and may react towards the therapist as if he or she was that person or object that have been causing them to experience fear, anxiety, and love problems. The client may become aggressive towards the therapist or feel love if he or she reminds them of a significant other. The therapist needs to work through with the client to resolve these issues and help them understand the reasons they are experiencing these feelings. The therapist will help the client understand and accept their behaviors that are a result of the client's unconscious past. The client will be …show more content…
It is the past experiences and feelings the therapist may have and are reflected towards the client during therapy. The therapist may respond cold, annoyed, and anger towards the client. Further, it is recommended for the therapist to discover their own unconscious feelings and overcome them by a humility which creates a healing process to strengthen the therapeutic alliance with their client. Not all countertransferences are unconscious feelings towards the client, some countertransference will help the therapist identify and gather information about the client's
“Exiles are the highly vulnerable, sensitive parts of us that were most hurt by emotional injuries in the past.” Thereby, people attempt to disconnect from these painful emotions and memories in order to never experience them again. This leads to other inner entities becoming managers of those emotions. For example, a child that was abused by a family member in the middle of the night in their bedroom may as an adult be taken back to their sense of fear when their partner mistakenly awakens them in the middle of the night. Their managers would be activated to control the environment and suppress their feelings. However, “When the managers fail to control the exiled emotions, extreme behaviors emerge, such as addictions, binges, rages and anger, and Schwartz refers to them as firefighters.” This is where a conflict between married couples can emerge requiring intervention. The husband has no idea what his wife is feeling in that moment and believes her reaction or requirements are unrealistic. Yet through IFS therapy, the care seekers can come to acknowledge the real emotion at hand and as Schwarts says, “They stop berating themselves and instead, get to know, rather than try to eliminate, the extreme inner voices or emotions that have plagued them.” By addressing these emotions, clients can learn to lead themselves and see their
The therapist would then interpret this information, which consists of teaching, pointing out and explaining what the therapist is noticing through this free association (Corey, 2013). One of the key factors in a therapeutic process is the client-therapist relationship. Without this relationship, transference cannot be assessed.
Countertransference means all of the therapist's reactions, not only to the client's transference reactions. It involves the therapist's total emotional response to a client including feelings, associations, fantasies, and fleeting images, according to Google. Being overprotective with a client, seeing yourself in your clients, giving advice and developing a social relationship with clients are some of the major ways that countertransference is likely to be manifested according to Issues and Ethics in Helping Professions pg.49-51. Even though signs that a therapist is experiencing counter transference, identify some of the major ways that countertransference is likely to be manifested, because seeing yourself in your clients and developing a social relationship with clients.
The second stage in the psychodynamic therapy process is, the transference stage. In this stage the development of treatment is set and now it is the patient’s time to let their feelings out. The patient expresses those feelings, emotions, fears, and desires to the therapist without having to worry about censorship. The feelings and behavior of the patient become more pronounced and become a vital part of the treatment itself. During this stage the therapist could experience and better understand of the patient’s past and how it impacted their behavior in the
For my psychology interview assignment, I had the privilege of interviewing Elaine, who is the Director of Preschool X, which is an educational institution. She reports that she has been in this position for 13 years since its inception. Elaine is a close friend of my aunt, which was how I was able to meet her. She explained that her responsibilities include; the hiring of all personnel related to the school, submission of criminal background checks, the medical reports for all staff and children must be current, and also developed a curriculum for the teachers to execute. She has parent meetings and she deals with parents on a daily basis. For any arising issues, Elaine conferences with parents at least once or twice a week. Have weekly staff meetings regarding the curriculum. She also plays the role as the educational event coordinator, where she would “invite people from the dinosaur museum or alley pond park to come over to her preschool, to enrich the children”.
The therapist must anticipate that Shelia will experience transference this can be used as a tool to help the client develop further awareness of why she behaves the way she does. “This analysis of the transference helps the client to achieve deeper insight into his or her past experiences and how they may still be affecting and influencing present relationships and experiences,” (Tan, 2011, p.49). However, the therapist should anticipate that the transference can cause a negative response since her father was distant and not involved in the family. Especially, that father’s are traditionally viewed as the protector and Shelia was not shielded by her father from her uncle. Hence, the therapists ought to be aware of his non-verbal’s and
Countertransference first introduced by Freud, “as a therapist’s unconscious reaction to a patient’s transference” (Dass-Brailsford, pg. 293, 2007). This concept has since become known as a normal emotional reaction to a client. This reaction that comes from the therapist is a resolved or unresolved conflict within the therapist (Dass-Brailsford, 2007). This has nothing to do with the client but something the client said or did triggered the therapist. If this goes unnoticed, it can be detrimental to the client’s recovery. The therapist may begin to overidentify with the client and lose their sense of hope (Dass-Brailsford, 2007).
The theories of Carl Rogers brought about much change to the world of psychology. He was the first to publish complete therapy sessions for later review and study. Changing the term “patient” to that of “client” since talk therapy is non-medical for his approach calling it Person Centered Therapy is often now the preferred term (Kirschenbaum & Jourdan, 2005). The main objective of “Person-Centered Therapy” would be that of helping the client in assuming responsibility and putting it into the client’s hands by way of “shifting their standards” back to client instead of others (Thompson, 2003). The central theme of Roger’s theory is that of “Unconditional Positive Regard” on the part of the therapist. One is to accept the client as they are without judgment. Using empathetic understanding with interpersonal warmth and a non-directing following with full attention on the client which should allow them to know there is an understanding, giving them a sense of caring from the therapist (Brodley, 2006).
responses, in order to check my inner understandings (Temaner, 1982; Rogers, 1986). In the process of empathic understanding response interactions the therapist is highly attuned and responsive to the client's feelings. In other words, person-centered empathic understanding refer to the client's entire internal frame of reference which includes perceptions, ideas, meanings and the emotional-affective components connected (Brodley, 1996).
Empathy, respect, unconditional positive regard, and honesty are described as fundamental techniques to CBT. The article specifies that CBT focuses on subjective connections within a client’s feelings, beliefs, and actions, regardless of their basis in reality (Kingdon, Turkington, & Weiden, 2009). “By focusing on why the beliefs are important to the individual and empowering him by teaching him what he can do if beliefs are causing distress… the therapist can improve collaboration and begin constructive behavioral change.” (Kingdon & Price, 2009, p. 53). A book titled, The Therapeutic Relationship in the Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapies also explains the therapeutic relationship as vital to all theories and further denotes its connection to CBT as a means to client empowerment. This book exemplifies how an empowering therapeutic relationship is a two-way street and critical to providing effective therapy (Gilbert, P. & Leahy, R. L.,
Understanding the counseling session from the client’s perspective is a very important aspect in the development of a therapeutic relationship. A clinician must be an excellent listener, while being to pay attention to the client’s body language, affect and tone. The dynamics in the counseling session that is beneficial to the client include the recognition of the pain that the client is feeling. The detrimental part of this includes a misunderstanding of the real issues, a lack of consideration of the cultural aspects of the client, and a lack of clinical experience or listening skills. In this presentation, we will discuss the positive and negative aspects of the counseling session from the client’s perspective which includes the client’s attitudes, feelings, and emotions of the counseling session. We will next examine the propensity of the client to reveal or not reveal information to the counselor, and how transference, and counter-transference can have an effect on the counselor-client relationship.
Countertransference, defined as “a situation in which a therapist, during the course of therapy, develops positive or negative feelings toward the patient. These feelings may be the therapist's unconscious feelings that are stirred up during therapy which the therapist directs toward the patient.” Countertransference is indicated by the therapist’s comment about needing to take a break. The therapist is transferring his own negative feelings about the client during the session. The therapist feels exhausted and uncomfortable with the client and expresses his need for a vacation and break. This is a countertransference the therapist is inappropriately developing negative feelings towards the
Gerald Corey in Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy explains at times thoughts and feelings can be all consuming for people weather they are positive or negative. Unfortunately the negative thoughts have a way of permeating our views of ourselves. There are three thoughts that Albert Ellis would say everyone believes. One being we must do well and win the approval of others for my performances or else I am no good” (269). Second “Other people must treat me considerately, fairly, kindly, and in exactly the way I want them to treat me. If they don't, they are no good and they deserve to be condemned and punishment. Lastly people believe “I must get what I want, when I want it; and I must not get what I don't want. If I don't get what I want, its terrible, I cant stand it, and life is no good for depriving me of what I don't have”. (269) The ABC framework is the backbone of the theory stating that events influence beliefs that influence our thoughts. This model suggests that thoughts not only precede our feelings but they influence them as well. The therapist's goal is to help the client reframe their thoughts in order to change their emotions. When the client complies and begins to think differently their emotions will also change.
This will help in identifying the client’s basic mistakes or misconceptions about self and life about which the therapist would then help in gaining insight. This is done by directly stating the observations about the client’s behavioral and emotional patterns and how it is affecting them. The therapist may say ‘it looks like you are often worried about failing’ and the client can then reflect about it and discuss it with the therapist without getting defensive.
Glasser, embraces what Rogers (1957) referred to as the necessary and sufficient conditions for change. Unconditional positive regard, congruency, and empathy, (Wubbolding, 2000). In CT/RT empathy and positive regard accepts the client for what they are and who they can be. In addition the therapist attempts to see the client’s world through their eyes. Congruence implies that the therapist has some degree of mental health, see their control as internal and can relate to others in a healthy and direct way. The therapist gets involved by connecting with the client every way they can. If this can be accomplished then the skills of the therapist as a teacher can become crucial (Wubbolding, 2000). The therapist uses the relationship to help the ALCOA to relate positively to the people they want in their quality world (Corey,