In the case of Mrs. M, what strategies based in self-psychology did the therapist use to help the client?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: In the case of Mrs. M, the therapist provided an accepting and validating place for Mrs. M. to talk about her son and her grief over what had happened; she used empathic inquiry to explore Mrs. M.’s thoughts and feelings; offered a twinship experience; empathized without judgment; demonstrated optimal responsiveness by being empathically attuned enough to provide certain psychological functions. But the therapist was momentarily unattuned as well and she provided a merger self-object to support Mrs. M.
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