- Bib ID:
- 5339357
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Gelso, Charles J
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED142855
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1977
- 27 p.
- Summary:
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This theoretical paper is based on the premise that nearly all people who enter therapy do so, to varying degrees, with the wish (conscious or unconscious demand) to have dependent longing and affectional needs gratified in the therapy itself. The conditions under, and the extent to which, the therapist provides direct gratification are crucial determinants of the outcome of therapy. While certain amounts and forms of direct gratification are helpful and often necessary, too much and/or certain kinds of gratification may be destructive. The paper presents five rules-of-thumb to help guide therapist decisions about when to gratify what demands. An effort is made to connect the rules to clinical theory and recent research. The rules-of-thumb focus on: (a) differentiating between patients' wants and needs; (b) a proper therapeutic stance vis-a-vis direct gratification; (c) the use of direct gratification in the early stage of therapy; (d) patient characteristics (severity of disturbance and infantilism of demands) moderating the appropriateness of direct gratification throughout the therapy. (Author)
- Notes:
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Maryland Univ., College Park. Counseling Center
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- ERIC
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1977
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