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The open end in the psychotherapeutic transaction

The open end in the psychotherapeutic transaction THE OPEN END IN THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TRANSACTION WVRNER M. MENDEL URING RECENT YEARS, those of US A detailed study of the theories of who engage in psychotherapeutic human behavior which are basic to encounters have become increasingly schools of psychotherapy does not seem concerned with identifying and clarifying to lead to the identification of the crucial aspects of the transaction which help the independent variables in treatment, but patient to change. There are a number only to a different conceptualization of the process. When the process is de- of schools which approach behavior from a variety of theoretical points of view. scribed as making the unconscious Each school has developed its own con- conscious, interpreting resistance, fos- ceptual framework, its own dialect and tering and interpreting the regressive its own explanations for the therapeutic transference, then we are describing the interventions in which it engages. Very classical psychoanalytic technique. If the frequently, the actual encounter be- therapist engages with his patient in the tween the patient and the therapist is collaborative effort of exploring states inadequately conceptualized and in- of consciousness, world construction, and completely described. When we have the life style in the "here and now," then he http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

The open end in the psychotherapeutic transaction

Mendel, Werner M.
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 25 (1): 5 – Mar 1, 1965
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Springer Journals
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1965 The Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
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0002-9548
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1573-6741
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10.1007/BF01872033
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THE OPEN END IN THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TRANSACTION WVRNER M. MENDEL URING RECENT YEARS, those of US A detailed study of the theories of who engage in psychotherapeutic human behavior which are basic to encounters have become increasingly schools of psychotherapy does not seem concerned with identifying and clarifying to lead to the identification of the crucial aspects of the transaction which help the independent variables in treatment, but patient to change. There are a number only to a different conceptualization of the process. When the process is de- of schools which approach behavior from a variety of theoretical points of view. scribed as making the unconscious Each school has developed its own con- conscious, interpreting resistance, fos- ceptual framework, its own dialect and tering and interpreting the regressive its own explanations for the therapeutic transference, then we are describing the interventions in which it engages. Very classical psychoanalytic technique. If the frequently, the actual encounter be- therapist engages with his patient in the tween the patient and the therapist is collaborative effort of exploring states inadequately conceptualized and in- of consciousness, world construction, and completely described. When we have the life style in the "here and now," then he

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Published: Mar 1, 1965

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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