cci 1: time limited dynamic psychotherapy

major figure

hanna levenson

one-person models

• personality: solidified early in development

• goal: uncover personality structure and build insight

two-person models

• personality: fluid and continually influenced by relational and social context

• goal: understand relational matrix of experience (and cyclical psychodynamics) and provide corrective experience

cyclical psychodynamics flow

• projection

• transference

• countertransference

• enactments

• rupture and repair

projection

the unconscious act of assigning to another person one’s own feelings and attitudes

transference

the unconscious act of assigning to another person in the present environment feelings and attitudes associated with someone of significance from one’s past

countertransference

the therapist’s strong emotions in reference to a client which may be rooted in the therapist’s past or may be in response to the client themselves

enactment

takes place when the client and therapist unwittingly get caught up in playing out a particular relational scenario that is influenced by both the client’s and the therapist’s unique personalities, relational styles, blind spots, sensitivities, etc.

rupture and repair

the process of working through alliance ruptures or therapeutic impasses constructively; helps us to develop an implicit relational understanding that both ourselves and others are capable of repairing disruptions in relatedness

cyclical maladaptive patterns

• acts of self

• expectations of others’ reactions

• actual behaviors of others

• acts of self toward the self

acts of self

the client’s thoughts, feelings, wishes, and behaviors of an interpersonal nature

expectations of others’ reactions

the beliefs one has in terms of how others will react (emotionally and interpersonally) to him or her in response to some interpersonal behavior; the client’s projection and transference on to others

actual behavior of others

the actual behaviors of other people, as observed (or assumed) and interpreted by the patient

acts of self toward the self

the patient’s behaviors or attitudes toward themselves

mentalization

• therapeutic goal

• the capacity to see ourselves and others as beings with psychological depth and underlying mental states including desires, feelings, and beliefs

• the capacity to access and reflect on our own thoughts, feelings, and motivations and to reflect on the mental states of others

breaking the CMP

• therapeutic goal

• change in intrapersonal and interpersonal dynamics

corrective experience

• therapeutic goal

• a new relational and emotional experience that repairs the traumatic influence of previous experiences