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Old Dec 30, 2017, 09:14 PM
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I found them to be different techniques. In Horneyan analysis, I eventually used a couch, did 99 percent of stream of consciousness talking and eventually went three times a week. The therapist was a faint presence in the process. I began at only twice weekly and was not supposed to do more than I could "handle."

The therapists were much more participatory and somewhat more directive and prescriptive in psychodynamic therapy and were more of a presence in the process.

I'd think a therapist should respect adverse effects and not just explain them away as "material." I believe the psychoanalytical therapist was on the lookout for that.