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Crossing the Threshold
Author(s) -
Yariv Gail
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.1995.tb00760.x
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , psychology , dream , process (computing) , work (physics) , psychotherapist , social psychology , applied psychology , cognitive psychology , computer science , mechanical engineering , world wide web , engineering , operating system
The very first moments of contact with a patient may provide a vital clue to the core dynamic of the therapeutic process. Some analysts have stressed the importance of the first dream of an analysis. Others have focused on the first session as being seminal. In this paper I want to raise a few questions about what goes on in the very first moments of meeting a patient and its potential implications for the subsequent work. I shall try to differentiate the nature of what occurs and suggest that such differentiations might contribute to assessment, particularly where the initial interview is also the first session with the same therapist.