PSYCH 212 Lecture 16: OneClass
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Clients experience or treat the therapist as though s/he were some other figure from their life. Be analyzing the relationships between therapist and client, the therapist can better understand client patterns. Highlighting this here and now evidence is powerful for helping clients see the ways they relate to others. Makes interpretations about very early life experiences (infancy) Therapy is long (2+ years) and intensive (2 - 5x/week) Clarify, confront, and interpret much more frequently. Use the relationship b/w client and therapist to demonstrate interpretations. May focus on only one specific issue. Often much shorter term (<2 years, 1x/week) Change styles of interaction and emotions in close relationships. Claims people learn characteristic patterns of relating with others from close relationships. Examines ways client is relating to therapist and others in life in the here-and-now, points them out, and guides clients to change them.
