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A case illustration of resistance from a gestalt-experiential perspective

✍ Scribed by David Engle; Marjorie Holiman

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 46 KB
Volume: 58
Category: Article
ISSN: 0021-9762
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.1138

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Abstract

The case of Victoria illustrates psychotherapy with a woman faced with a difficult and unexpected divorce. The authors present a summary of typical struggles faced by Victoria through three phases of therapy. The therapy focused initially on coping with the divorce, then moved to work on her career dissatisfaction, and finally to her efforts to develop a new relationship. The case presentation illustrates resistance as it manifested itself in both a behavioral manner and as in‐session resistance to awareness of internal states. The behavioral mode of resistance is manifested by her inability to follow through on decisions made in therapy sessions and by her interruptions of ongoing therapy. A transcript of a typical in‐session exchange illustrates the resistance to awareness. The authors also describe interventions intended to work with the resistance. © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol/In Session 58: 151–156, 2002.

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