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Child-parent type. The client expects sympathy, praise, care and support. The therapist takes care of the unfortunate, confused, traumatized, etc. client. This relationship model is dangerous because the client himself perceives himself as a poor martyr, which increases the risk of maladjustment. The therapist himself begins to get involved in a codependent relationship. If you find such an over-caring attitude, you should seek supervision and establish a professional therapy process.
The next type can be called "O great guru." The client hopes for miraculous healing and believes in the unquestioned authority of the therapist. The therapist himself is equally adamantly convinced of his righteousness and power. Such a therapist views the client as an object and interacts through clear prescriptions and even commands. This type of relationship in the initial stages can completely satisfy the client. At the same time, the client does not develop responsibility for his life, but is shifted to the therapist. The therapist is pleased, he feels a sense of pride, and his self-confidence grows. However, this idyll often ends when the client begins to violate the boundaries of the therapist - he calls at any time, constantly asks for advice and recommendations on this or that occasion. If this type of relationship is found, the therapist should seek supervision and at the same time personal psychotherapy to determine which personality traits provoke this type of relationship. At some stage, the client becomes disillusioned with the great guru and perceives him not as an omnipotent magician, but as an evil magician.
Another type of relationship can be called "Insurance". Such a client prefers to independently analyze his problems, look for ways to solve them, does not always consider it necessary to inform the therapist about the content of his decisions, insights and problems. This type of relationship is indicative of a lack of therapeutic alliance. If this type of relationship is found, it is also advisable to seek supervision in order to assess the dynamics of the ongoing process.
The next type of relationship can be called "Partnership". In this type of relationship, the client expects professional help from the therapist and is able to independently work on himself and his problem. The attention of such a client is focused on achieving his goal, he willingly takes advantage of all the opportunities that the therapist provides to him. The therapist realizes that his client is an adult who is able to make changes that he considers necessary for himself.
Client typologies
Unmotivated client. He comes to the therapist for some external reason - his wife said: “Until you go through therapy, she won't let you on the doorstep,” the doctor sent, etc.
A client looking for sympathy. Such a client comes to the therapist on his own initiative, but spends the entire meeting in endless complaints about other people. Often, the true motivation for such a visit to a therapist is the desire to confirm their guesses or correctness.
Manipulative client. Such a client is not so much looking for sympathy, complaining about others, as much as he wants to influence these others. Often the client says: "You are a psychologist, tell me what to do so that he / she / they … how to properly influence …"
A client in crisis. Such a client is brought into the office by his experiences dictated by the crisis that has arisen. The client is able to clearly formulate the request and readily joins the therapist in order to jointly search for answers to the questions that arise.
Traumatized Client: This client is brought up to the therapist by difficult experiences that he cannot bear at some point in his life. Therapeutic assistance is usually long-lasting and rather complicated, since contact with the client is hampered by the very experiences that led him to the psychotherapist - distrust, shame, guilt, anxiety.
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