tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547886101764404344.post3568087657789341416..comments2024-03-24T20:50:06.083-04:00Comments on Lessons in Psychology: Freedom, Liberation, and Reaction: Bad Faith, Self-Deception, and Unconscious Motivation: Restrictions in Effective ChoiceWynn Schwartz, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03689137521075228568noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547886101764404344.post-56560429031982609782013-09-09T12:02:25.678-04:002013-09-09T12:02:25.678-04:00Making it safe is one of the therapist's most ...Making it safe is one of the therapist's most important jobs. One size and one technique does't fit all. Roy Schafer's "Analytic Attitude" is an exploration of how Freud and others developed what he calls "the conditions of safety." There is the message and there is the manner of delivering the message. We don't want anyone to want to kill the messenger. Wynn Schwartz, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03689137521075228568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547886101764404344.post-65662675157439179022013-09-09T11:57:56.375-04:002013-09-09T11:57:56.375-04:00It's not always easy. One way is to engage in ...It's not always easy. One way is to engage in "empathic confrontation". The strategy is old and comes from Freud. "Analyze defense before drive." Or, start by accrediting that the client has their own good reasons for seeing the world as they do. It makes sense to them to see and behave as they do. They have their own good reasons to be defensive. The first move is to acknowledge the client's reality and to do so tactfully, kindly and accurately. The second move is to show some evidence that the way they are seeing things might have worked at some point but for reasons they already know are no longer adequate for what they need to manage. And the third step is to ask if looking at these things differently might increase their effective behavior potential. We don't argue our interpretation, we offer it, and we negotiate its possible usefulness. Like I said, it might not be easy to accomplish but that's why they pay us the big bucks.Wynn Schwartz, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03689137521075228568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547886101764404344.post-20617506566424358542013-09-09T11:05:19.469-04:002013-09-09T11:05:19.469-04:00Creating a safe environment that would ultimatly a...Creating a safe environment that would ultimatly allow the client to tolerate examining what he/she is deeply reluctant to examine and negotiate appears to be a manageable task. However, I would not know how to begining engaging in a discussion where as P (second observer) I would be placed in a position to confront O's distorition of reality and challenge their way of thinking/seeing the world.<br /><br />How does one create a safe enough environment where it would be comfortable enough to challenge the client in such a way? I find it hard to believe that anyone would want to continue in a relationship where they are told that the way they view the world is actually distorted. I cannot make myself believe that confrontation is theraputic, it almost seems counterintuative and in my opinion, would make the client put up more ego defenses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com