Therapists’ defense use impacts their patients’ defensive functioning: a systematic case study

Research into defensive functioning in psychotherapy has thus far focused on patients’ defense use. However, also the defensive functioning of therapists might be significant because of its potential in promoting changes in the patient’s overall defensive functioning by sharing their higher-level u...

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Main Authors: Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe, Katie Aafjes-van Doorn, Vera Békés, Bernard S. Gorman, Karl Stukenberg, Sherwood Waldron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2024-08-01
Series:Research in Psychotherapy
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Online Access:https://www.researchinpsychotherapy.org/rpsy/article/view/797