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Ego psychology has offered us the theoretical framework to better understand and treat patients with less than neurotic structure. Case material chosen from the first two years of a woman's treatment illuminates one such concept; resistance-like behavior. Understanding how this differs from the more classical concept of resistance enables the therapist to provide the means to further internalization and structure building in such patients.
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Weinstein, B. An application of developmental theory to technique: The concept of resistance-like behavior. Clin Soc Work J 15, 349–355 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00752971
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00752971