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Article

Impasse Clarification within the Transference-Countertransference Matrix

Pages 23-38
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article describes a relational approach to deconfusion of Child-Parent ego state relational units, with particular emphasis on the client's experience of the impasse between him or her and the therapist in terms of the repeated relationship and the needed relationship. The repeated relationship represents the repetitive dimension of the transference, while the needed relationship represents the self-object and developmental arrest facet of the transference. The author also makes reference to and differentiates the therapeutically required relationship.

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Ray Little

Ray Little is a Certified Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy) who maintains a private adult psychotherapy practice in Edinburgh, Scotland. He also supervises psychotherapists and counselors and facilitates professional development seminars in both Edinburgh and London. Ray can be reached at 4/1F2 Oxford Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9PJ, United Kingdom; e-mail: www.enderbyassociates.co.uk.
 

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