ABSTRACT

The transition from the history-taking session to the ongoing therapy is usually not a difficult one for couples. In the opening phase, there is, usefully, a honeymoon period, which usually consists of an idealizing transference to the therapist by one or both partners. This works to establish a safe environment and to encourage the telling of terrible stories. When the co-therapist situation happens during the middle phase, the author usually make the observation, and sometimes she able to interpret it in the context of the therapy. It is difficult to summarize technique by describing only a few cases, Mirella and Nick had been married for ten years when she met them, and had two young children. She have seen them for two years so far. In the case of Chantal and Brad, she was the bad guy, he was the good guy.