Treatment Objectives, Memory, and Desire.
Psychodyn Psychiatry
; 52(2): 136-149, 2024 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
This article explores the problems of the frequent loss, in the course of treatment, of the initial goals and motivation for treatment by both patient and therapist, and the connected lack of clarity of the real initial motivation for treatment on the part of both participants. It is strongly proposed that a true coincidence of at least one important initial motivational goal of patient and therapist is essential to assure the success of psychotherapy and that particular care is required to establish such agreement. On this basis, the goals of therapy may be expanded in the course of the therapist's experience, countertransference, and the patient's changing reality during treatment, and the existential and philosophical value systems of the therapist may play an important role in such widening of the therapist's expectations for the patient.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Psychotherapy
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Motivation
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Psychodyn Psychiatry
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article