Countertransference experiences of psychoanalytic therapists working with anorexic patients : a phenomenological study
- Authors: Card, Melissa
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Countertransference (Psychology) , Anorexia nervosa , Psychoanalysis , Psychotherapists
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/241197 , uj:24826
- Description: Working therapeutically with anorexia patients can be difficult. The therapeutic process is marred by many negative feelings experienced toward the anorexia patient who refuses to eat. Learning to understand and knowing what is happening in the unsaid of therapeutic process is important for both psychotherapist and patient. The psychodynamic therapeutic process allows for the therapeutic relationship to develop, which in turn fosters the development of various processes to come to the fore and into consciousness, such as, transference and countertransference. The transference-countertransference interplay that occurs in the therapeutic process can have an impact, either positive or negative, on the therapeutic relationship. Anorexia patients are known to have significant difficulties in relating to others, which manifests itself in the countertransference situation between psychotherapist and patient. The therapeutic relationship is therefore vital to engaging and retaining anorexia patients in treatment and in facilitating a positive treatment outcome. It is important to understand psychotherapists’ perceptions and experiences of evoked countertransference with anorexia patients. Therefore, this study aimed to explore how psychotherapists make sense of and manage the experienced countertransference when working with their anorexia patients. Three therapists were interviewed and their narratives were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The data analysis revealed eleven themes that were explored and discussed. The themes demonstrated that the quality of the countertransference felt ominous, overwhelming and evoked a sense of accountability and inadequacy. Moreover, the participants experienced their patients as detached and unreachable, which resulted in them taking responsibility for developing and maintaining the therapeutic relationship to accommodate their patients’ ambivalence. The participants further appreciated using countertransference feelings as a therapeutic tool while also being cautious of the impact of incorrectly understanding and using their countertransference experience. The participants described how clinical supervision, personal therapy and the use of self enabled them to connect with their patients’ experiences. , D.Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)
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- Authors: Card, Melissa
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Countertransference (Psychology) , Anorexia nervosa , Psychoanalysis , Psychotherapists
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/241197 , uj:24826
- Description: Working therapeutically with anorexia patients can be difficult. The therapeutic process is marred by many negative feelings experienced toward the anorexia patient who refuses to eat. Learning to understand and knowing what is happening in the unsaid of therapeutic process is important for both psychotherapist and patient. The psychodynamic therapeutic process allows for the therapeutic relationship to develop, which in turn fosters the development of various processes to come to the fore and into consciousness, such as, transference and countertransference. The transference-countertransference interplay that occurs in the therapeutic process can have an impact, either positive or negative, on the therapeutic relationship. Anorexia patients are known to have significant difficulties in relating to others, which manifests itself in the countertransference situation between psychotherapist and patient. The therapeutic relationship is therefore vital to engaging and retaining anorexia patients in treatment and in facilitating a positive treatment outcome. It is important to understand psychotherapists’ perceptions and experiences of evoked countertransference with anorexia patients. Therefore, this study aimed to explore how psychotherapists make sense of and manage the experienced countertransference when working with their anorexia patients. Three therapists were interviewed and their narratives were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The data analysis revealed eleven themes that were explored and discussed. The themes demonstrated that the quality of the countertransference felt ominous, overwhelming and evoked a sense of accountability and inadequacy. Moreover, the participants experienced their patients as detached and unreachable, which resulted in them taking responsibility for developing and maintaining the therapeutic relationship to accommodate their patients’ ambivalence. The participants further appreciated using countertransference feelings as a therapeutic tool while also being cautious of the impact of incorrectly understanding and using their countertransference experience. The participants described how clinical supervision, personal therapy and the use of self enabled them to connect with their patients’ experiences. , D.Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)
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Freud and systems theory: an exploratory statement
- Authors: Grobbelaar, Pieter Willem
- Date: 2012-11-28
- Subjects: Psychoanalysis , Psychotherapy , Discourse analysis , Freud, Sigmund
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/388186 , uj:7414 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8244
- Description: D.Litt. et Phil. , Although Freudian theory traditionally constitutes one of the most important approaches to psychotherapy, it has also generated much criticism from different scientific perspectives. An attempt is made in this study to answer the criticisms of the hermeneuticians and the positivists by using the a systemic approach to indicate a possible solution to methodological and theoretical problems which beset Freudian theory and praxis. The This the research procedure was reported as fully as possible. implies that the therapist's theoretical perspectives, case history of the patient, and the complete transcription qualitatively of the sessions are reported. and quantitatively analysed The results were in an integrated approach. The quantitative analysis was done with the use of a computer program called WORDS, which employs a clustering technique to indicate the development of thematic centroids. The qualitative analysis of the sessions indicates the sequential development of the interaction, and also includes the analysis of the free-associations in each session. The conclusions which are reached in this study are constituted, and reflected in the report of the research process itself. The observations, the thoughts, the processes and the patterns together create the picture which is the conclusion.
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- Authors: Grobbelaar, Pieter Willem
- Date: 2012-11-28
- Subjects: Psychoanalysis , Psychotherapy , Discourse analysis , Freud, Sigmund
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/388186 , uj:7414 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8244
- Description: D.Litt. et Phil. , Although Freudian theory traditionally constitutes one of the most important approaches to psychotherapy, it has also generated much criticism from different scientific perspectives. An attempt is made in this study to answer the criticisms of the hermeneuticians and the positivists by using the a systemic approach to indicate a possible solution to methodological and theoretical problems which beset Freudian theory and praxis. The This the research procedure was reported as fully as possible. implies that the therapist's theoretical perspectives, case history of the patient, and the complete transcription qualitatively of the sessions are reported. and quantitatively analysed The results were in an integrated approach. The quantitative analysis was done with the use of a computer program called WORDS, which employs a clustering technique to indicate the development of thematic centroids. The qualitative analysis of the sessions indicates the sequential development of the interaction, and also includes the analysis of the free-associations in each session. The conclusions which are reached in this study are constituted, and reflected in the report of the research process itself. The observations, the thoughts, the processes and the patterns together create the picture which is the conclusion.
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Object relations theraphy and interpersonal therapy : a comparison
- Authors: Rabinowitz-Symon, Lynn Ruth
- Date: 2014-04-14
- Subjects: Object relations (Psychoanalysis) , Interpersonal relations , Psychoanalysis
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:10653 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10171
- Description: M.A. (Clinical Psychology) , Please refer to full text to view abstract
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- Authors: Rabinowitz-Symon, Lynn Ruth
- Date: 2014-04-14
- Subjects: Object relations (Psychoanalysis) , Interpersonal relations , Psychoanalysis
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:10653 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10171
- Description: M.A. (Clinical Psychology) , Please refer to full text to view abstract
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Reflections on counter transference : an interpretative phenomenological analysis of therapists’ experiences of their work with bereaved children
- Authors: Robertson, Ashton
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Bereavement in children , Countertransference (Psychology) , Family therapists , Psychoanalysis
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/59518 , uj:16540
- Description: Abstract: The aim of this study was to explore and gain a deeper understanding into the lived experiences of therapist’s encounters of counter transference when working with bereaved children. The topic developed when the researcher came across such a case in her own psychotherapy masters training and addressed it within her supervision sessions. A qualitative paradigm was utilised and an interpretative phenomenological analysis strategy was applied. This study drew on the experiences of a small participant sample that comprised of three psychotherapists. The data gathered was based on semi-structured interviews that yielded rich narratives. The data was analysed for units of meaning. These units of meaning were then approached from a hermeneutic stance of inductive interpretation. This allowed for the categorisation of the data into superordinate themes. Three superordinate themes emerged based on the participants’ experiences of counter transference when working with a bereaved child, namely: ‘the myth of neutrality: the dual role of the psychotherapist’; ‘ethical dilemmas: the “pity lens” in bereaved child psychotherapy’; and ‘containing the therapeutic frame: avoiding the blind spots’. This study was able to contribute to the existing reservoir of knowledge and provide up-to-date themes on the phenomenon of counter transference when working therapeutically with bereaved children. It has enabled an in-depth analysis and exploration of the experiences of psychotherapists who have encountered counter transference when working with a bereaved child within the South African context. The findings of this research confirmed the perspective that counter transference can be utilised as a therapeutic and clinical tool within the psychological field. The importance of remaining ethically aware of one’s counter transference was significant for all the participants as it enabled the participants to avoid unethical behaviour. Paramount to remaining conscious of counter transference was the role of self-care... , M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
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- Authors: Robertson, Ashton
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Bereavement in children , Countertransference (Psychology) , Family therapists , Psychoanalysis
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/59518 , uj:16540
- Description: Abstract: The aim of this study was to explore and gain a deeper understanding into the lived experiences of therapist’s encounters of counter transference when working with bereaved children. The topic developed when the researcher came across such a case in her own psychotherapy masters training and addressed it within her supervision sessions. A qualitative paradigm was utilised and an interpretative phenomenological analysis strategy was applied. This study drew on the experiences of a small participant sample that comprised of three psychotherapists. The data gathered was based on semi-structured interviews that yielded rich narratives. The data was analysed for units of meaning. These units of meaning were then approached from a hermeneutic stance of inductive interpretation. This allowed for the categorisation of the data into superordinate themes. Three superordinate themes emerged based on the participants’ experiences of counter transference when working with a bereaved child, namely: ‘the myth of neutrality: the dual role of the psychotherapist’; ‘ethical dilemmas: the “pity lens” in bereaved child psychotherapy’; and ‘containing the therapeutic frame: avoiding the blind spots’. This study was able to contribute to the existing reservoir of knowledge and provide up-to-date themes on the phenomenon of counter transference when working therapeutically with bereaved children. It has enabled an in-depth analysis and exploration of the experiences of psychotherapists who have encountered counter transference when working with a bereaved child within the South African context. The findings of this research confirmed the perspective that counter transference can be utilised as a therapeutic and clinical tool within the psychological field. The importance of remaining ethically aware of one’s counter transference was significant for all the participants as it enabled the participants to avoid unethical behaviour. Paramount to remaining conscious of counter transference was the role of self-care... , M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
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