Psychoanalytic Thinking And Object-Relation Therapy Practice

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According to the reading, psychoanalytic thinking provides the understanding of client’s/April’s behaviors are repetitive patterns that are set in during early phases of development. Psychoanalytic points of view of therapy practice, are as follows. First, point of view is gaining understanding of resistances such as canceling appointments or fleeing form therapy. Second, understanding incomplete circumstances could be reevaluated into new endings. Thirdly, understanding the functions and standards of transference. Lastly, understanding the overuse of ego defense with counseling and daily life, can cause a client from functioning effectively (Corey p.90). Object-relation therapy allows Paul to see April interactions with her family in the