Tag: resistance
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Why People Sometimes Deny Difficult Reality in Psychotherapy
Denial is one of the psychological defence mechanisms that can become particularly visible during psychotherapy. At first, this may appear contradictory. A patient comes to psychotherapy because they already recognise that something is wrong. They may be experiencing difficulties in relationships, at work, within the family or in their general emotional life. They have actively…
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What Resistance in Psychotherapy Actually Looks Like
One of the biggest misconceptions about psychotherapy is that once somebody decides to seek help, they are automatically ready to change. In reality, this is often not the case.
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Why People Hold Back Important Information in Therapy
One of the most common experiences in psychotherapy is discovering that people do not always immediately talk about the issues that brought them to therapy in the first place. This is entirely normal. Many people arrive at their first consultation fully intending to discuss a particular problem, memory, fear, experience, relationship, or event.