Developing the story in psychotherapy.
Psychotherapeutic work entails many paradoxes. Emphasizing the patient's imagery and deemphasizing theory enhances understanding at the manifest level, the level of hidden themes, and the level of transference-countertransference patterns. A useful therapeutic model embraces dilemma, promotes toleration of puzzlement, and views the therapist as editor of the patient's developing novel.
Berger
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Toronto Western Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
D000328:Adult; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*