Posts
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On the “talking down to the superego” intervention
There are patients who no matter how much the therapist asks and invites: “Do you... -
The “Make Me Feel Better!” Patient: Omnipotent Transference Resistance, the Pleasure Principle, and Not my Best Work
It’s wonderful when treatments lead to major success and character change, but I will go... -
The Fingerprint of ISTDP and Reflections on Variability in the application of the Method
I have been reflecting on what constitutes the fingerprint of ISTDP and on explanations for... -
What to do with defenses before we have a conscious therapeutic alliance? Enter the prudent landscaper
What do we do when defenses and resistances crop up early on in a session... -
The Universal Wound, Transference Behaviors, and Stepping out of the Shoes
— Transference behaviors here meaning both ‘resistance’ in the narrow sense as well as distorted... -
Portraiting: Considerations of some common issues
Here are a few brief and far from exhaustive reflections for ISTDP-informed therapists interested in... -
ISTDP-informed Couples Therapy
— a Skorman/Kieding amalgamation perspective In couples therapy, you are initially dealing with needing to... -
When supportive therapy is not supportive
Consider the idea of pseudo-contact: the patient who is using the relationship with the therapist... -
Maladaptive interpersonal patterns and ways to intervene
Observations from thousands of hours of both individual and couples therapy sessions: The patient that... -
A relational approach: perceptual flexibility, holding space to not know, (not pre-judging), and the investigative spirit
We are always filtering the data out patients share with us through the lens of...
