Object Relations Therapy

Question 1

Primary Contributors

Answer 1

James Framo (Schaff and Paul)...
Framo known for emphasizing work with FOO and came up with The Dirty Middle)

Question 2

Role of Therapist in ORT

Answer 2

empahsis on FOO; nonpathologizing; thp is expert, insight/analysis

Question 3

Length of Time

Answer 3

Long Term

Question 4

Unit of Treatment

Answer 4

individual or FOO depending on who is related to the problem (Framo encouraged FOO)

Question 5

Assumptions of ORT

Answer 5

objects are internalized images of the individual’s caregivers. there is a process of INSIGHT and WORKING THROUGH

Question 6

Goal of Treatment for ORT

Answer 6

1. to develop a healthy central ego - allows for individuals to relate to others in mature, undistorted ways

Question 7

Early Phase of Treament (Initial)

Answer 7

1. explore early childhood experiences,
2. past and present relationship to primary caregiver, and
3. explore relationship style

Question 8

Middle Phase of Treatment

Answer 8

1. foster INSIGHT
2. make room for meaning of current bxs about childhood,
3. begin working through unresolved internalized conflict;
4. The Dirty Middle: the Middle of therapy when insight is achieved but working through is at an impasse

Question 9

End Phase of Treatment

Answer 9

1. individuals can begin to experiment to interact in new ways with themselves and with others;
2. reshape internalized objects from the pastto relate to others in mature; non-distorted ways

Question 10

projection

Answer 10

when you attribute your own unacceptable feelings and attributes on someone else;

Question 11

projective identification

Answer 11

when infants split unacceptable parts of themselves onto the mother object and then back on themselves

Question 12

insight

Answer 12

bringing the unconscious to awareness

Question 13

working through

Answer 13

translating the insight into something desireable is constructive

Question 14

interpretation

Answer 14

the thp hypthesis onto the client’s past experiences of current bxs

Question 15

transference

Answer 15

the expression of internal object relationships within the therapeutic relationship

Question 16

countertransferance

Answer 16

the Thp ability to understand and interpret the patient; the feelings the thp feels from the patient outisde the analysis

Question 17

object:

Answer 17

the person or parts of persons that is the prototype for all future relationships

Question 18

introject

Answer 18

internalized objected that are split into good or bad;