Oedipal Conflict

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2.e. The oedipal conflict is manifested in the client’s childhood by identifying herself as being “daddy’s little girl.” Furthermore, the client expresses that she could have been a better wife to her father, indicating a fantasized relationship between the client and her father during her childhood. The oedipal conflict can also be seen in the client’s current relationship with her husband as well. The client identifies with her mother’s frustrations towards the father because the client is expressing jealousy towards her own daughter and husband. The husband is being more attentive to the daughter than to her; this causes a manifestation of the oedipal conflict that she experienced during childhood. The client sees her husband as being similar …show more content…

Transference, defined as “the inappropriate repetition in the present of a relationship that was important in a person's childhood,” is indicated in the client’s therapy in session client-3 when the client commented to the therapist not to go on vacation because she needs him to be there for her. This is an example of transference because the client is transferring her own feelings about how she felt when her father left her. These unexpressed feelings during her childhood are manifesting as transference to the therapist’s discussion about his vacation.
2. Countertransference, defined as “a situation in which a therapist, during the course of therapy, develops positive or negative feelings toward the patient. These feelings may be the therapist's unconscious feelings that are stirred up during therapy which the therapist directs toward the patient.” Countertransference is indicated by the therapist’s comment about needing to take a break. The therapist is transferring his own negative feelings about the client during the session. The therapist feels exhausted and uncomfortable with the client and expresses his need for a vacation and break. This is a countertransference the therapist is inappropriately developing negative feelings towards the

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