Transference Essays

  • Irving Yalom's Fat Lady

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    includes a very strong prejudice and countertransference. Throughout all the distaste he had in the story, surprisingly, he managed to successfully treat Betty. Transference and Countertransference In Yalom’s Fat Lady story, he mentions two words transference and countertransference, which I considered a significance throughout the story. Transference was appeared to be the feelings that the patients erroneously transfers to the therapist that perhaps originated out of earlier relationships. On the other

  • Bowlby Attachment Theory

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    To address the concept of attachment as outlined by John Bowlby (1953), the author shall define attachment theory and behaviour; look at some key influences on Bowlby that led to the development of attachment theory; discuss some key concepts involved and the implications for understanding child and adolescent behaviour. Attachment theory is a psychological theory and a biological drive which has evolved to safeguard the survival of the defenceless young (Prior and Glaser 2006). Proximity to an

  • Carkhuff's Model Of Counselling

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    Counselling Techniques The counselling process for the Xtina approach uses the Carkhuff’s model of counselling which was presented by Fuster (2005). The preparatory stage: This initial stage is adopting the approach introduced by Carl Rogers in the Person Centered Approach. The counsellor creates a therapeutic environment with the client whereby the client will feel that they are able to trust the counsellor. The counsellor achieves this by being congruent, empathetic and providing positive regard

  • Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy

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    History of the PIT R.F. Hobson established and clarified psychodynamic interpersonal therapy over the progression of 30 years of study. The first training package and manual were developed in 1983 with a videotape-teaching package, which was developed by Margison and Hobson. This package consisted of three videotapes in which model is described with its main aspects. Afterwards, Shapiro and Startup developed a brief manual and rating scale for depression in 1991 (Guthrie, 1999). The model was constructed

  • The Doppelganger In Frankenstein

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    Defined by Frederick S. Frank as ‘a second self or alternate identity, sometimes, but not always, a physical twin’, the doppelganger, or the double, has been a recurring theme in literature for centuries (1987:435). The themes that occur in literature tend to reflect the interests and attitudes of the society and time period from which they originate, and whilst the popularity of the doppelganger motif has remained constant over the past few centuries, the depiction and interpretation of doubles

  • Reflection On Transference

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    Reflect on a Clinical Experience with Transference and Counter-Transference Transference is when a patient unconsciously redirects their feelings about another person, condition, or experience onto other people. In the clinical setting, this is typically redirected onto the patient’s family members, nursing staff, or other medical personnel. One example of transference that I have encountered in clinical was on the telemetry floor. My patient was elderly and had some generalized weakness and hand

  • Carl Jung Personality Analysis

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    Personality is explained by psychologists as a person’s patterns of thinking, emotion, and behavior. Our personality refers to who we are, and who we will become. It is our talents, values love, hate and habits that make us unique to every other person. The explanation of our personality is explained by early social science and humanities theorist who contributed to the studies of psychoanalytic, trait, humanistic, behaviorist and social learning. One of these theorists was Sigmund Freud’s theory

  • Counter Transference Theory

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    different concepts and theories as tools to help explain human behavior. Social care practitioners can gain useful insights from considering many psychoanalytical theories as they enable us to explore many unconscious internal mechanisms( Walsh 2014). Transference A Freudian concept that has been proven to be useful and beneficial in exploring a client’s behavior and unexplored feelings is that of defense mechanisms (Maltby, Day ,and Macaskill 2010).Defense mechanisms are meant to protect an individual

  • Child Transference Case Study

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    Positive and negative transference can benefit therapy in different ways. Generally in the case of transference an individual is not seeking to establish a relationship with a real person but with someone onto whom they have projected feelings and emotions. The client might mistrust us because of the transferred feelings

  • Effects Of Unconscious Transference On Eyewitness Recall

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    Unconscious transference has been found to affect eyewitness recall. Unconscious transference refers to the misidentification of an innocent person as the perpetrator due to seeing them in another context e.g before or when the event occurred. This occurs because of the way our brain retrieves information. In order to recall an event we have to reconstruct information using nerve pathways that were associated together during the event. Other information, such as knowledge prior and after the event

  • Analysis Of Transference In Tucker And Dale Vs. Evil

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    evaluate, such as transference. The movie satirizes horror by producing a comedic spin on many of the would be scary situations, all the while exemplifying many psychological concepts, such as: blame, projection, idealization, and emotion, which can all be highlighted through transference.The college students show different types of transference, whether it is long term, short term, positive or negative, all focused on the main characters, Tucker and Dale. Transference is an easily recognizable

  • Transference In Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life Of Bees

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    Transference can lead to future positive impacts as well as negative impacts. Overtime, the impacts of transference led to a greater understanding of how the human brain processes and handles events that has happened in the past. In the novel, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, it describes how transference has a negative impact on an African American family that has experienced transference from past events. Transference has extended across the world, and therapist should treat people who

  • Freudian Psychoanalysis Critical Analysis

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    This is the phase all feelings which are hidden in unconscious mind will be drawn out. Freud tries to treat the transference love in a unique way in which the buried up desires can be revered. ROLE OF UNCONSIOUS IN THE MANIFESTATION OF TRANSFERENCET Unconscious refers to the concept that the patient misidentify the analyst or the transfer of identification from one person

  • Setting Healthy Boundaries Research Paper

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    Handling Transference and Countertransference Theresa Schlemmer CAARR Institute Abstract This paper will outline what my motivation was for choosing Drug and Alcohol Counseling as a career, my understanding of transference and countertransference as well as how to avoid countertransference and set healthy boundaries to prevent countertransference if a client were to exploit my motivating passion. Setting Healthy Boundaries as a Professional Counselor in Response to Handling Transference and Counter

  • Advanced Counselling Theories: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

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    heavy emphasis on client’s relationships and interpersonal experience (Shedler, 2010).  The approach of PP acknowledge the importance of therapeutic alliance. Meissner (1999) suggests that the “components of the therapeutic relationship include transference and its correlative, countertransference, the real relationship, and the therapeutic alliance”. The establishment of a therapeutic relationship between the therapist and the client that is open, non-judgmental and empathic serve as the basis of

  • Sigmund Freud's View Of Schizophrenia

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    conscious. Transference is seen in high correlation with neurotic patients as the most powerful resistance to treatment. In typical treatment, if free associations fail, the stoppage can be removed by an assurance that an association concerned is dominating the individual with the doctor (Freud, 1928). The explanation of this is given to the patient and then the stoppage is removed. With transference, it is almost as if it is mentally bonded to the patients conscious. In plain terms, transference shows

  • Changing Expectations Essay

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    Expectations Teachers are well trained in ‘having high expectations for their children’ and there is nothing wrong with this but the expectations referred to in the model are what the child believes will happen in any given set of circumstances. When they are face to face with an angry male they ‘expect’ to be beaten. When set a test by the teacher they ‘expect’ to fail. This long-suffering way of ‘expectation’ is underpinned by the child’s sense of toxic shame. A shame not of what they have

  • Analytical Compare Psychodynamics Psychology And Learning

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    replicate the therapy process (Doehrman, 197 6; Teitelbaum, 1990). One theory labelled as parallel process maintains that a replication of therapy exists as part of supervision since both the student therapist and the supervisor develop transference and super transference towards each other (Doehrman, 1976; Teitelbaum, 1990). The student therapist unconsciously selects, from the wealth of patient material, those issues with which she/he has neurotic conflicts. The trainee then presents these neurotic

  • Cbt Vs Psychodynamic Theory

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    experiences in the past. More specifically, they go on to say, in a psychotherapeutic relationship context, the patient might experience feelings towards the therapist as if he were an important person from their past. This phenomena is referred to as transference. Greenson (1967) defines it as "the experience of feelings, drives, attitudes, fantasies and defences toward a person in the present, which do not befit that person but are a repetition of reactions originating in regard to significant persons

  • ADHD Ethical Implications

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    Addressing Ethical Implications in Treatment of ADHD Clients who developed attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often associated with other disorders which is called comorbidities of adhd (American Psychiatric Association 2013). Junior is a 14 year old boy from the Mexican culture. He lived with both parents Diego and Francisca. Both parents are professionals and want their child to be successful academically. Junior has been having some challenges paying attention in school, it became