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2005

Couples Therapy -- some considerations

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Object Relations Theory And Implications In Couples Therapy, Alan A. Mackenzie Jul 2005

Object Relations Theory And Implications In Couples Therapy, Alan A. Mackenzie

Alan A MacKENZIE

OR theory offers the therapist a window into the “inner world” of mental representations, how one represents, perceives and understands their world and their relationship in it, that enables a counsellor to explore the client’s behaviour and motivations (deepest unmet needs/longings). Such past representations seem to serve as emotional filters; colouring and shaping current intrapsychic perceptions and interpsychic relationships. Such relationsal perceptions best serve the therapeutic alliance and offer the analyst & analysands insights into what drives the couple’s relationship.

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Selected Counselling Interventions, Alan A. Mackenzie Jun 2005

Selected Counselling Interventions, Alan A. Mackenzie

Alan A MacKENZIE

FOUR DIFFERENT DISORDERS VIEWED THROUGH DIFFERENT 'LENSES'

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