Psychoanalytic Therapy Video Analysis

The video I revised was the Psychoanalytic Therapy with a Pattern of Broken Relationships (Session 2 of 6). In watching this video I felt bad for the Client describing how in a past relationship with a woman he stayed in the relationship despite having a “red flag” and how this is a pattern for him. It appeared that although the relationship had a variety of bad aspects one of the important aspects was that the woman had a good relationship with his children, which are very important to him.
However, it seems that he although he expresses a wish to stop making the same choices in relationships as he has done in the past that shortly after his last session with Dr. Safran that instead of taking time to himself that the Client chose to open …show more content…
Safran made me feel uncomfortable. When speaking to the Client, I felt that he was unsure of what he was saying at times. I did like, however, that he would start things with “what I’m hearing you say is…” just to repeat back to the Client what he was hearing the Client say just to make sure he was following correctly. I do like that in this session that the Client was able to explore this past relationship and the Client is able to see how things are potentially repeating themselves. In the beginning of the session the Client was very positive about the meeting with the former woman whom he had a relationship and was positive about the “red flag” and how he didn’t see it as a red flag because she had disclosed it to him. However, towards the end he is able to see with Dr. Safran’s assistance and him bringing awareness that there is a red flag the Client’s attitude changes about the meeting and he begins to question what he should do. Dr. Safran allows the Client to examine the relationship as it previously was from beginning to end. This allowed the Client to gain a full sense of the relationship as it was prior. What I would have done differently would be to watch the tone of my voice to ensure that remained confident in what I was saying and avoid saying “um” as Dr. Safran did a lot throughout the session. I do believe that it is important to observe patterns that Client’s engage in therapy I believe that it is important to understand what prompts them to engage in these patterns or behaviors. With that being said I do not believe that this was being done here. I believe that we examine the past relationship and can understand that it is being done again, but we haven’t address why the Client feels that he is doing