ABSTRACT
Technique in psychoanalysis is known to have originally developed on a trial-and-error, basis, as Freud himself said “the technical rules I am putting forward have been arrived at from my own experience in the course of many years, after unfortunate results had led me to abandon other methods” (Freud, 1912b, p. 111). The techniques used in this model are those of the conversational model CM (Chapter Two) with some modifications to suit the length of STDIP which are detailed below. The therapeutic stance is one of an overarching attitude of curiosity and interest in the patient’s inner world; one in which understanding of the patient’s feelings is paramount, as opposed to things that are external or valued by others. Understanding communicated by the therapist, particularly in the early stages is tentative, so as not to give the impression of the therapist as completely understanding or one of “all-knowing” (Bendit & Korner, 2012, p. 127).
