After Many Sessions of Psychodynamic Therapy, Dan at Some Point

question 3

Multiple Choice

After many sessions of psychodynamic therapy, Dan at some point experiences reluctance to cooperate with his therapist and tends to forget to do what his therapist had suggested to him. Dan is experiencing ____________.

• A) resistance
• B) desensitization
• C) transference
• D) free association

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Definitions:

Adult Attachment Style

Patterns of expectations, needs, and emotions in close relationships that develop in adulthood, based on early childhood experiences with caregivers.

Anxious-ambivalent

A type of attachment style characterized by intense emotional dependence and anxiety about the stability of close relationships.

Attachment Style

The pattern of how individuals form emotional bonds and react to the needs for closeness and space in relationships.

Anxious-ambivalent

A type of attachment style characterized by strong emotional dependence on others combined with anxiety about their availability and responsiveness.