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This article discusses the essential features of a two-person or relational approach to dynamic psychotherapy. An historical perspective on the development of the relational model, based on the theories of Martin Buber and Otto Rank, is offered and integrated with modern and post-modern interpersonal and relational theories. The relational model is compared with what Herbert Strean labels a two-person psychology in his article “Resolving some therapeutic impasses by disclosing countertransference.”
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Cornett, C. Ich und Du, a “Two-Person” Therapeutic Relationship: A Discussion of Herbert Strean's “Resolving Some Therapeutic Impasses by Disclosing Countertransference”. Clinical Social Work Journal 27, 305–317 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022846404295
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