Reference no: EM133680928
Assignment:
How was the therapist's interchange with the client about being responsible either well handled or poorly handled? Support either side. Discuss what happened in the context of Yalom's transference AND countertransference:
"(In a somewhat preachy tone) Remember, there are also responsibilities involved in having a baby. Babies need your love more than you need theirs. You're just in high school-dating, trying to get decent grades-a baby can hold you back."
"(With an irritated tone) I know. It was just a dream. I was only thinking about it. Shit...you sound just like my mother."
"(Pausing) You know, Cierra, you're absolutely right. I was out of line there. I think your dream touched a nerve in me and I reacted to that. I'm sorry I judged you."
"That's okay. You touched a nerve in me too. That's what my mother always says...that I dream too much and don't take care of my responsibilities."
"I wonder if you feel that somehow you failed your mother; maybe failed yourself."
"Yah. I feel like I really screwed this up...and anything I do now will just screw things up even more."
" ...like there's no way to make the right decision."
"Yah, that's it."