Main Concepts Flashcards
Self-Objects:
Early self-objects are those empathetic or attuned caretakers who perform vital functions for the infant that it cannot carry out itself
Self-Object Needs:
Mirroring, idealization of others, twin/alter ego
Mirroring:
Approving and confirming responses
Optimal Frustration:
When a self-object is needed, but not accessible, this will create a potential problem for the self, referred to as “frustration”
Mirroring Transference:
The patient seeks acceptance and confirmation of
the self
Twinship Transference:
The patient experiences the therapist as someone
like himself.
Idealizing Transference:
The patient looks up to and admires the therapist
Adversarial Transference:
The need for a supportive relationship that
the patient can oppose in order to grow
Experience-Near Empathy:
When the therapist steps into the client’s shoes and imagines what it is like to be the client
