Therapeutic Dyad Research Articles

Replication of the Phenomenology of Loneliness in the Therapeutic Dyad

This paper will illustrate a possible countertransference phenomenon. Through a brief theoretical discussion, supplemented by clinical vignettes, the following position will be developed: The therapist may contribute to the patient's experience of loneliness when he or she intervenes without a recognition of self as a contributor to the interactive process.

Therapist and Patient Reactions to Life-Threatening Crises in the Therapist's Life

This paper presents an analysis of the transference and the counter-transference factors in both the patient and the therapist arising from the occurrence of a life-threatening crisis in the life of the therapist. Evaluation of these factors includes a description of the role of hypnosis in the elicitation of repressed feelings of denial and hostility in both members of the therapeutic dyad.

The self-image in the therapeutic dyad: A case example of mutual growth

The therapeutic relationship is seen as a mutual experiencing of self and other which is growth-promoting for the therapist as well as the patient. Work with a borderline woman during a period of two years evoked strong countertransference reactions in the therapist who, at times, experienced the patient as a mirror. A beginning sense of cohesion in the patient's highly fragmented sense of self found a parallel in this beginning therapist's developing professional identity.

Conjoint Psychotherapeutic Experience: Some Dimensions and Determinants.

In our previous reports we have specified the empirical structure of patients' and therapists' experiences in psychotherapeutic sessions. The present report explores the structure of experience within the therapeutic dyad -- conjoint experience. Seven factors were derived from the reports of 28 patient-therapist pairs. One factor reflected the therapist's approach to his role as a help-giver, and another reflected the patient's approach to her role. Other patterns showed convergent perceptions, while still others showed conjoint experiential processes -- inter-experience. Determinants of these experiences were sought among the personal and social characteristics of the participants. Several clinically suggestive patterns of determinants emerged.

Similarity in therapeutic dyads: a reevaluation.

Similarity in therapeutic dyads: a reevaluation.

Similarity and success in therapeutic dyads.

Similarity and success in therapeutic dyads.