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Unit number:     COU 202 

Unit title:           The Therapist-Client Relationship

Credit value:      3 credits

Description:

Communication and relationship are two essential ingredients of psychotherapy. This module looks at the theory of the relationship between therapist and client, and at the two key processes: transference, the emotions the client feels towards the therapist, based upon the client's earlier relationships, and counter-transference, the emotions the therapist feels towards the client, based upon the therapist's feelings towards significant figures in his or her life. The unit also looks at some of the difficulties of therapy which are caused by such feelings arising but not being dealt with appropriately.

Key textbook:                                            

                                         Kahn, Michael.  Between Therapist and Client. Revised edition, 1997, New York: W.H. Freeman & Co.

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