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c h a p te r 4

Psychoanalytic Therapy

introduction contemporary trends: object-


relations theory, self
key concepts psychology, and relational
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Sigmund Freud
SIGMUND FREUD (1856– of personality development. He first examined his
1939) was the firstborn in childhood memories and came to realize the intense
a Viennese family of three hostility he had felt for his father. He also recalled his
boys and five girls. His father, childhood sexual feelings for his mother, who was
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like many others of his time attractive, loving, and protective. He then clinically
and place, was very authori- formulated his theory as he observed his patients
tarian. Freud’s family back- work through their own problems in analysis.
ground is a factor to consider Freud had very little tolerance for colleagues
in understanding the devel- who diverged from his psychoanalytic doctrines.
opment of his theory. He attempted to keep control over the movement
Even though Freud’s family had limited financ- by expelling those who dared to disagree. Carl
es and was forced to live in a crowded apartment, Jung and Alfred Adler, for example, worked closely 63
his parents made every effort to foster his obvious with Freud, but each founded his own therapeutic

P S Y C H O A N A LY T I C T H E R A P Y
intellectual capacities. Freud had many interests, school after repeated disagreements with Freud on
but his career choices were restricted because of theoretical and clinical issues.
his Jewish heritage. He finally settled on medicine. Freud was highly creative and productive,
Only 4 years after earning his medical degree from frequently putting in 18-hour days. His col-
the University of Vienna at the age of 26, he at- lected works fill 24 volumes. Freud’s productivity
tained a prestigious position there as a lecturer. remained at this prolific level until late in his life
Freud devoted most of his life to formulat- when he contracted cancer of the jaw. During his
ing and extending his theory of psychoanalysis. last two decades, he underwent 33 operations and
Interestingly, the most creative phase of his life was in almost constant pain. He died in London
corresponded to a period when he was experienc- in 1939.
ing severe emotional problems of his own. During As the originator of psychoanalysis, Freud
his early 40s, Freud had numerous psychosomatic distinguished himself as an intellectual giant. He
disorders, as well as exaggerated fears of dying and pioneered new techniques for understanding
other phobias, and was involved in the difficult task human behavior, and his efforts resulted in the
of self-analysis. By exploring the meaning of his most comprehensive theory of personality and
own dreams, he gained insights into the dynamics psychotherapy ever developed.

introduction
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and Psychotherapy: The Case of Stan and Lecturettes. I suggest that you view
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PGMPWF CFFYUSFNFMZOJDFXIFOUIFZIBSCPS
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Projection "UUSJCVUJOHUPPUIFSTPOFT 5IJTJTBNFDIBOJTNPGTFMGEFDFQUJPO


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BUUFNQUUPDPOWJODFUIFNTFMWFTUIBUUIFZ
SFBMMZEJEOPUXBOUUIFQPTJUJPOBOZXBZ

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TABLE 4.1 Ego-Defense Mechanisms (continued)
DEFENSE U S E S F O R B E H AV I O R

Sublimation %JWFSUJOHTFYVBMPS &OFSHZJTVTVBMMZEJWFSUFEJOUPTPDJBMMZ


BHHSFTTJWFFOFSHZJOUPPUIFS BDDFQUBCMFBOETPNFUJNFTFWFOBENJSBCMF
DIBOOFMT DIBOOFMT'PSFYBNQMF BHHSFTTJWFJNQVMTFT
DBOCFDIBOOFMFEJOUPBUIMFUJDBDUJWJUJFT TP
UIBUUIFQFSTPOmOETBXBZPGFYQSFTTJOH
BHHSFTTJWFGFFMJOHTBOE BTBOBEEFECPOVT JT
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Regression (PJOHCBDLUPBOFBSMJFS *OUIFGBDFPGTFWFSFTUSFTTPSFYUSFNF


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Compensation .BTLJOHQFSDFJWFE 5IJTNFDIBOJTNDBOIBWFEJSFDUBEKVTUJWF


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P S Y C H O A N A LY T I C T H E R A P Y
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PQNFOUJTQSFTFOUFEJO5BCMF

TABLE 4. 2 Comparison of Freud’s Psychosexual Stages and Erikson’s


Psychosocial Stages
PERIOD
OF LIFE FREUD ERIKSON

First year of life Oral stage Infancy: Trust versus mistrust


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Ages 1–3 Anal stage Early childhood: Autonomy versus


"OBM[POFCFDPNFTPGNBKPS shame and doubt
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QFSTPOBMJUZ.BJOEFWFMPQNFOUBM #BTJDTUSVHHMFJTCFUXFFOBTFOTFPG
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MBUFSQFSTPOBMJUZEFWFMPQNFOU IBNQFSFE

Ages 3–6 Phallic stage Preschool age: Initiative versus guilt


#BTJDDPOnJDUDFOUFSTPO #BTJDUBTLJTUPBDIJFWFBTFOTFPG
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Ages 6–12 Latency stage School age: Industry versus inferiority
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Ages 12–18 Genital stage Adolescence: Identity versus role confusion


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stagnation.
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counseling implications #ZUBLJOHBDPNCJOFEQTZDIPTFYVBMBOEQTZ
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the therapeutic process


Therapeutic Goals
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lose their objectivity in a relationship because their own conflicts are triggered.
Wolitzky (2011b) states that over the years this traditional view of countertrans-
ference has broadened to include all of the therapist’s reactions, not only to the
client’s transference but to all aspects of the client’s personality and behavior.
In this broader perspective, countertransference involves the therapist’s total
emotional response to a client. In today’s psychoanalytic practice, countertrans-
ference is manifested in the form of subtle nonverbal, tonal, and attitudinal
actions that inevitably affect clients, either consciously or unconsciously (Curtis &
Hirsch, 2011).
It is critical that therapists become aware of their countertransference so that
their reactions toward clients do not interfere with their objectivity. For example,
a male client may become excessively dependent on his female therapist. The cli-
ent may look to her to direct him and tell him how to live, and he may look to her 77
for the love and acceptance that he felt he was unable to secure from his mother.

P S Y C H O A N A LY T I C T H E R A P Y
The therapist herself may have unresolved needs to nurture, to foster a dependent
relationship, and to be told that she is significant, and she may be meeting her
own needs by in some way keeping her client dependent. Unless she is aware of
her own needs as well as her own dynamics, it is very likely that her dynamics will
interfere with the progress of therapy.
Not all countertransference reactions are detrimental to therapeutic progress.
Indeed, countertransference reactions are often the strongest source of data for
understanding the world of the client and for self-understanding on the therapist’s
part. The therapist’s countertransference reactions are inevitable because all ther-
apists have unresolved conflicts, personal vulnerabilities, and unconscious “soft
spots” that are activated through their professional work (Curtis & Hirsch, 2011;
Hayes, Gelso, & Hummel, 2011; Wolitkzy, 2011a). Hayes (2004) reports that most
research on countertransference has dealt with its deleterious effects and how to
manage these reactions. Hayes adds that it would be useful to undertake system-
atic study of the potential therapeutic benefits of countertransference.
Although countertransference can greatly benefit the therapeutic work, this
is true only if therapists study their internal reactions and use them to under-
stand their clients (Ainslie, 2007; Gelso & Hayes, 2002; Wolitzky, 2011a, 2011b).
It is critical that therapists monitor their own feelings during therapy sessions and
use their responses as a source for increased self-awareness and understanding of
their clients.
A therapist who pays attention to his or her countertransference reactions and
observations to a particular client may use this as a part of the therapy. The thera-
pist who notes a countertransference mood of irritability, for instance, may learn
something about a client’s pattern of being demanding, which can be explored in
therapy. Viewed in this more positive way, countertransference can become a key
avenue for helping the client gain self-understanding.
Psychoanalytic therapists vary in the manner in which they use their observa-
tions of countertransference. In some instances the feelings may be shared with
the client, but traditional analytic therapists strive to minimize their expression of
countertransference while silently learning from its inevitable occurrence. Hayes,

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application: therapeutic
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psychoanalytic therapy from a


multicultural perspective
Strengths From a Diversity Perspective
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Psychoanalytic Therapy Applied to the Case of Stan


In each of the chapters in Part 2, the mother was the strong, domineering force who
case of Stan is used to demonstrate could and did hurt men. Stan generalized his fear
the practical applications of the theory of his mother to all women. It could be further
in question. To give you a focus on Stan’s central hypothesized that the woman he married was
concerns, refer to the end of Chapter 1, where similar to his mother, both of whom reinforced
his biography is given. I also recommend that his feelings of impotence.
you at least skim Chapter 16, which deals with The opportunity to develop a transference
an integrative approach as applied to Stan. relationship and work through it is the core of
The psychoanalytic approach focuses on the the therapy process. Stan will eventually relate to
unconscious psychodynamics of Stan’s behavior. me, as his therapist, as he did to his father, and
Considerable attention is given to material that this process will be a valuable means of gaining
he has repressed. At the extreme Stan demon- insight into the origin of Stan’s difficulties in
strated a self-destructive tendency, which is a relating to others. The analytic process stresses
way of inflicting punishment on himself. Instead an intensive exploration of Stan’s past. Stan
of directing his hostility toward his parents and devotes much therapy time to reliving and
siblings, he turned it inward toward himself. exploring his early past. As he talks, he gains
Stan’s preoccupation with drinking could be increased understanding of the dynamics of his
hypothesized as evidence of an oral fixation. behavior. He begins to see connections between
Because he never received love and acceptance his present problems and early experiences in his
during his early childhood, he is still suffering childhood. Stan explores memories of relation-
from this deprivation and continues to desper- ships with his siblings and with his mother and
ately search for approval and acceptance from father and also explores how he has generalized
others. Stan’s gender-role identification was his view of women and men from his view of
fraught with difficulties. He learned the basis these family members. It is expected that he will
of female–male relationships through his early reexperience old feelings and uncover buried
experiences with his parents. What he saw was feelings related to traumatic events. From anoth-
fighting, bickering, and discounting. His father er perspective, apart from whatever conscious
was the weak one who always lost, and his insight Stan may acquire, the goal is for him to

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have a more integrated self, where feelings split psychology can shed light on his difficulties in
off as foreign (the id) become more a part of what forming intimate relationships.
he is comfortable with (the ego). In Stan’s relation-
ship with me, his old feelings can have different Follow-Up: You Continue as
outcomes from his past experiences with significant Stan’s Psychoanalytic Therapist
others and can result in deep personality growth. With each of the 11 theoretical orientations, you
I am likely to explore some of these ques- will be encouraged to try your hand at applying
tions with Stan: “What did you do when you felt the principles and techniques you have just stud-
unloved?” “As a child, what did you do with your ied in the chapter to working with Stan from that
negative feelings?” “As a child, could you express particular perspective. The information presented
your anger, hurt, and fears?” “What effects did your about Stan from each of these theory chapters will
relationship with your mother and father have on provide you with some ideas of how you might
you?” “What did this teach you about women and continue working with him if he were referred to
about men?” Brought into the here and now of the you. Do your best to stay within the general spirit 93
transference relationship, I might ask, “When have of each theory by identifying specific concepts

P S Y C H O A N A LY T I C T H E R A P Y
you felt anything like you felt with your parents?” you would draw from and techniques that you
The analytic process focuses on key influ- might use in helping him explore the struggles he
ences in Stan’s developmental years, some- identifies. Here are a series of questions to provide
times explicitly, sometimes in terms of how those some structure in your thinking about his case:
earlier events are being relived in the present t How much interest would you have in Stan’s
analytic relationship. As he comes to understand early childhood? What are some ways you’d
how he has been shaped by these past experi- help him see patterns between his childhood
ences, he is increasingly able to exert control issues and his current problems?
over his present functioning. Many of Stan’s fears t Consider the transference relationship that is
become conscious, and then his energy does not likely to be established between you and Stan.
have to remain fixed on defending himself from How might you react to his making you into a
unconscious feelings. Instead, he can make new significant person in his life?
decisions about his current life. He can do this
t In working with Stan, what countertransfer-
only if he works through the transference rela-
ence issues might arise for you?
tionship, however, for the depth of his endeav-
t What resistances and defenses might you
ors in therapy largely determine the depth and
predict in your work with Stan? From a psy-
extent of his personality changes.
choanalytic perspective, how would you inter-
If I am operating from a contemporary
pret and work with this resistance?
object-relations psychoanalytic orientation,
my focus may well be on Stan’s developmental t Which of the various forms of psychoanalytic
sequences. Particular attention is paid to un- therapy—classical,relational,orobjectrelations—
derstanding his current behavior in the world as would you be most inclined to apply in work-
largely a repetition of one of his earlier develop- ing with Stan?
mental phases. Because of his dependency, it is
useful in understanding his behavior to see that See DVD for Theory and Practice of
he is now repeating patterns that he formed Counseling and Psychotherapy: The Case
with his mother during his infancy. Viewed from of Stan and Lecturettes (Session 1, an initial
this perspective, Stan has not accomplished the session with Stan, and Session 2, on psycho-
task of separation and individuation. He is still analytic therapy) for a demonstration of my
“stuck” in the symbiotic phase on some levels. approach to counseling Stan from this perspec-
He is unable to obtain his confirmation of worth tive. The first session consists of the intake
from himself, and he has not resolved the and assessment process. The second session
dependence–independence struggle. Looking focuses on Stan’s resistance and dealing with
at his behavior from the viewpoint of self transference.

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summary and evaluation
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CHAPTER FOUR

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