Posted by Dr. Bob on October 9, 2000, at 13:30:03
In reply to Re: Hypotheses about Online Text Communication, posted by noa on October 5, 2000, at 12:07:15
> [F] 1. Differences in status are less apparent in online text communication. Clinicians tend to be perceived less as authorities and more as consultants or even "twins". (11.4)
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> Comment: Wow, how interesting!! Throws a whole monkey wrench into theory on transference/countertransference. Can you explain the "twins" concept??Thanks for all your comments! Let me just follow up on the above. What kind of a monkey wrench? Regarding twins:
> In ... the twinship or alter-ego transference, the patient perceives the therapist to be psychologically similar to himself or herself. Conceptually the patient perceives the therapist and himself or herself to be twins, separate but alike. In the twinship transference for the selfobject cohesion to be maintained, it is necessary for the patient to view the therapist as ‘just like me’ (Manfield, 1992).
--adapted from: http://www.npd-central.org/theories.asp
Bob
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