Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (A Clinical Manual) || Working through

✍ Scribed by Cabaniss, Deborah L.; Cherry, Sabrina; Douglas, Carolyn J.; Schwartz, Anna

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 496 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0470684712
• DOI: 10.1002/9780470711262.ch29

✦ Synopsis

Key concepts

Working through can be thought of as a three-phase process in which a person gradually changes some aspect of his/her mental functioning. These phases progress from:

• Phase 1: lack of awareness of a problem or the cause of a problem, to

• Phase 2: increased awareness of a problem and/or practicing new ways of functioning, to

• Phase 3: lasting change in thought patterns or behavior These changes can occur in many aspects of a person's mental functioning, including ego function, sense of self, expectations of relationships with others, and super-ego functioning.

In psychodynamic psychotherapy, we expect that these changes happen slowly over time through a gradual process of working and reworking of the same issues until lasting change occurs.