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Basic Psychoanalytic Concepts: V. Resistance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. Sandler
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
A. Holder
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
C. Dare
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London

Extract

While the treatment alliance (Sandler, Holder and Dare, 1970a) and some aspects of transference (Sandler, Dare and Holder, 1970b) relate to tendencies within the patient which act to maintain the treatment relationship, the concept of resistance is concerned with elements and forces in the patient which oppose the treatment process. Although resistance is a clinical rather than a psychological concept (Sandler, Dare and Holder, 1970a), originally described in connection with psychoanalytic treatment, it is one which can readily be extended, without substantial revision, to other clinical situations.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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