title: Dialectical cotherapy.
abstract: In the dialectical cotherapy approach, cotherapists take opposing views and roles from the beginning phase of treatment until positive change has been realized. When coordinated and effectively carried out, their work mobilizes forces and neutralizes resistances and externalizes internal conflicts and ambivalencies, making them more readily available for therapeutic work and resolution. Theoretical formulations and anecdotal examples are offered to explain and demonstrate its effectiveness in psychotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Batya_ho@netvision.net.il
authors.forename: Seymour
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: Brurit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Laub
mesh_terms: D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*