Analyst’s noting supposed dream meanings,
resistances and other significant behaviors and
events in order to promote insight.
2. The development of
Transference phase
Awareness into the
emergent transference
and countertransference
aspects of the ongoing
relationship between the
client and the therapist
(Kumar, 2017)
Trasference
The patient’s
transfer to the
analyst
emotions linked
with other
relationships.
3. Working through phase
Working through
client resistance
Resistances aim to
prevent this
development or to
obstruct the
analysis of the
transfer (Kumar,
2017).
Resistances
Blocking anxiety
laden material
from the
conscious
4. Resolution of the transference phase
After the goal is reached
The purpose of this
phase is to resolve
the client's neurotic
attachment to the
therapist (Kumar, 2017).
Last step
Separation
Goals
Access a patient’s
unconscious
mind
Make unconscious conscious
Strengthen the Ego
Develop the level of self understanding
Achieving Insight
Techniques
Free associations
2. Patients says
whatever comes to
their mind
1. The
therapist
reading a list
of words
Dream analysis
Patient relates a
dream to be
analyzed by the
therapist
According to Freud
the analysis of
dreams is "the royal
road to the
unconscious"
(McLeod, 2007).
Not face to face at all, laying on the
couch, not too much interaction more
sessions per week, longer process