A psychodynamic approach to exploring lack of intimacy

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Farber, Barry A., therapist.

American Psychological Association, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intimacy (Psychology).

Sex in marriage.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Marriage--psychology.

Sex.

Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Marriage--psychology.

Sex.

Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic--methods.

Genre:

Nonfiction films

Educational films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 streaming video file (43 min., 52 sec.))

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. American Psychological Association [2019]

System Details:

video file

Summary:

"Dr. Barry A. Farber works with a middle-aged African American woman who struggles both with processing her childhood experience of her parents' relationship and with feeling discontent in her own marriage. After asking the client about helpful and unhelpful aspects of her previous therapy experiences, Farber helps the client explore her ambivalence about broaching the challenging topic of marital intimacy. In beginning to discuss the void in her marriage, the client also discloses her eternal position of being in the middle of her parents' continual arguing. Farber highlights the client's feelings in reaction to her experience of her parents' marriage, and he connects her patterns of communication difficulties with him, her previous therapist, her husband, and her friends. Together, they explore her desire, or lack thereof, for change and determine that her need to feel safe is of paramount importance. Throughout the session, Farber and the client negotiate how to work effectively with each other, especially given their racial, gender, and age differences, the client's previous therapy experiences, and her fears of discussing intimacy. This session features a client portrayed by an actor on the basis of a composite of cases"

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