Counseling: A Case Study Of John's Psychodynamic Relationship

John arrived to CFAR for counseling after his wife asked for space from the relationship and asked him to leave their home. John’s attitude towards counseling seems positive and hopeful. John and the therapist established a good therapeutic relationship early in the treatment. At first, John appeared nervous and he had this worried look. However, he expresses his feelings freely and he was not afraid to show his emotions. John had an effect on the therapist when he was discussing his relationship with his wife. John became emotional and started crying in the session about his wife being his soulmate. He appears as a man very much in love and will do whatever it takes to get his wife back. The therapist became emotional when John started to
cry in the session. As a person, I have been in similar situation with a significant other and experienced the same emotions of heartbreak.
The therapist first contact with John, she experienced heartbreak from the past. John feelings for his wife and his desperate attempts to get her back brought up old experience for the therapist. The therapist had to separate her role in her past relationship from her role as a therapist. The therapist took on the role of wanting to remove the client’s hurt. The relationship between the client and the therapist appears to work well together. The therapist did a good job explaining the therapy process issues to the client and he was receptive to the information. The therapist engages John in role play and enactment to help him understands alternative ways to communicate with his wife. John appeared to have one approach in dealing with his wife after the separation. He seems to take