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Posted by messadivoce on July 28, 2005, at 20:34:02
I want to tell you how much your book validated me when I was first in therapy. That book and this group of people on this forum is what carried me through the last year.
I was in therapy for 8 months at my University, and my therapist was a pre-doc intern, so our timeframe was set and our termination no surprise. I developed strong, painful paternal transference for him. I have worked through a lot of it, but I still miss him. I will probably miss him the rest of my life.
Do you think that in this age of managed care and short-term treatment, that it is responsible to practice psychodynamically, knowing that the relationship may end long before the transference is worked through? This kind of orientation encourages transference, in my opinion.
Posted by Susan47 on July 29, 2005, at 0:48:13
In reply to Lott: Worth the problems, posted by messadivoce on July 28, 2005, at 20:34:02
Good point, I agree with you.
Posted by deborah anne lott on July 29, 2005, at 15:40:31
In reply to Lott: Worth the problems, posted by messadivoce on July 28, 2005, at 20:34:02
You ask a really tough question -- is it responsible to practice psychodynamic therapy in a time-limited world? Is it responsible for HMOs and third party payors to limit the # of sessions they'll pay for? Some people are trying to develop "manualized" therapies that incorporate some aspects of long-term psychodynamic therapy but that work faster. I'm not sure whether they include elements to discourage intense transference feelings or that it's even possible to control that. I'm not sure there's any good answer to this, but you raise a very important issue.
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