Resistance (psychology)
"Resistance" as initially used by Sigmund Freud, referred to patients blocking memories from conscious memory. This was a key concept, since the primary treatment method of Freud's talk therapy required making these memories available to the patient's consciousness.
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[edit] "Resistance" expanded
Later, Freud described five different forms of resistance. They became associated with the various analytic structures.
[edit] Other theoretical schools use the concept "resistance" differently
Over time, "resistance" came to mean anything a patient did to make therapy or a particular intervention less effective. Resistance has also been defined as the act of defending one's position in response to confrontation (Miller & Rollnick 2002).
[edit] Criticism to the concept of "resistance"
As "resistance" came to be used more as a description of a patient, "I have a very resistant patient", rather than description of a process or interaction between structures of the mind, there came to be more criticism of the concept as demeaning to the patient.
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Miller,W.R., Rollnick,S. (2002) Motivational Interviewing (2nd ed.). London: Guilford Press
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