View on Defense and Resistance The contact rebus serves as a guide on handling the defense and enables an understanding of the client’s resistance, creating a positive attitude towards the client. In essence, it is a new concept in psychology. The latter is, from an emotional perspective, crucial in Motivational Work. The client’s defensiveness is … [Read more…]
Case Study Seeking Non-Institutional Psychiatric Care Twenty-four-year-old Max gets his mother’s assistance in seeking non-institutional psychiatric care. He has been quiet and withdrawn of late and no longer wants to go to work. In the discussion with the psychologist it is revealed that Max’s family was of a non-conformist faith and at the age of … [Read more…]
The Case Study Grown Up in a Socially Functional Family Twenty-seven-year-old Naemi is a drug addict and has now been taken into custody on suspicion of dealing. A non-institutional care assistant is assigned to visit Naemi at the police station, and she reads her client’s file before meeting her. Naemi has grown up in a … [Read more…]
One of the typical features of the latently motivated is his resistance to change; he shuns contact with the motivational worker and defends himself against development forces. His resistance appears strong and able to negate all attempts at treatment, cooperation, and constructive influence. One such defense is the aggressive contact rebus. From an emotional perspective, … [Read more…]
