A Relational Psychodynamic Perspective on Assimilative Integration

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration - Tập 11 - Trang 43-58 - 2001
Jerry Gold1, George Stricker2
1Department of Psychology, Long Island University, Brooklyn
2The Derner Institute, Adelphi University, Garden City

Tóm tắt

In this paper we discuss recent advances in relational psychoanalytic thinking, and demonstrate how an assimilative approach to integration can be based on this theoretical and clinical model. We describe 3 instances in which active interventions may be used to enhance relationally oriented, psychoanalytic work: by impacting on relationships outside of therapy that maintain pathological patterns, by “filling in” intrapsychic deficits, and by supporting the patient's active efforts at change. We provide clinical examples to illustrate each of these points.

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