Author Question: Briefly describe what the counselor with a psychodynamic orientation does during the initial stage ... (Read 75 times)

kaid0807 · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

Briefly describe what the counselor with a psychodynamic orientation does during the initial stage of treatment.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Briefly define the concept of splitting.

What will be an ideal response?

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

Answer to Question 1

Answers:
Analyzes the relationship between the counselor and the client transference/countertransference:
Feelings toward therapist, and
Actions toward the therapist.
Builds the clients confidence in the analytic process and in interpretations by sharing and refining interpretations.
Sometimes confronts the client with unconscious material.

Answer to Question 2

Answer:
Splitting occurs when a mature view of positive and negative qualities does not develop, and the individual views self and others as all good or all bad, often in alternating cycles.