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The youtube video found on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS_L8efaJ-E is called “Psychoanalytic Therapy Session” and is produced by Dr. Glenn Gabbard in 1988. It purports to show a clinical vignette that portrays “Free association, transference, resistance and dream interpretation.” In it’s portrayal it is largely an accurate overview of the themes while remaining short enough to be digestible and comprehended quickly. The movie is oriented in psychodynamic theory that was originally put together by Freud.
The movie clearly showed free association with the patient laid out on the sofa and the therapist just encouraging him to relate anything, from which we see the long chain of things that came pouring out. Transference, another of Freud’s theories, was also portrayed in the vignette with the patients bemusing’s about other people in the movie theater. Resistance was shown every time the patient disagreed with the examiner or chose to move into a different direction than she had guided him. Finally, dream interpretation is saved for the end, where they recount a dream and the therapist offers opinions about their relevance.
This was an interesting vignette to learn from. The data was presented concisely and enjoyably. The recall ability of this information was greatly enhanced by the amusing story that allows us to neatly categorically fit all the psychodynamic phenomenon. The therapist seemed very knowledgeable and equipped to handle her patient. This video clip nicely portrayed a realistic situation where the 4 dynamics of free association, transference, resistance, and dream interpretation came into play. It neatly presented the stated theories in an easily manageable way. Free association was particularly well handled throughout the film showing how easily ideas may feed off eachother.
Gabbard, G. (Producer) (1988). Psychoanalytic Therapy Session. Retrieved from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS_L8efaJ-E