Author Question: Briefly describe what the counselor does during the final stage of psychodynamic therapy. What ... (Read 55 times)

geoffrey · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

Briefly describe what the counselor does during the final stage of psychodynamic therapy.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Briefly describe what the client does during the middle stage of psychodynamic therapy.

What will be an ideal response?

lgoldst9 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 30, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answers:
Prepares the client for the termination process in advance.
Ensures that material that has been worked through is revisited in terms of the client/therapist relationship.
May doubt that the therapy is really complete.
Feels sadness for loss of the relationship.

Answer to Question 2

Answers:
Acknowledges interpretations that were previously resisted.
Experiments with new ways of dealing with people. (This is criticalinsight alone is not enough.)