心理治疗:透过症状表象来理解病人的心理冲突

1　我的自由联想中国文化源远流长 ,早在 2 0 0 0多年前的《诗经》中就有“窈窕淑女 ,君子好逑”、“青青子佩 ,悠悠我思”、“一日不见 ,如三秋矣”等这样的诗句来赞美和抒发男女之间的情与爱。围绕此主题 ,历代文人墨客给我们留下了不胜枚举的佳句、名作 ,可谓家喻户晓、妇孺皆知。虽然儒家的“仁、义、忠、孝”、道家的“无为而无不为”、佛教的“万世皆空”、“虚怀若谷”等规范着人们的行为准则 ,但人类一代一代繁衍 ,历经数千年而长盛不衰又是靠什么呢 ?毋容置疑乃是“性” !然而 ,对此主题又有多少国人明晓呢 ?尽管早有《素问·素女…

Psychotherapies: To Understand the Intra-conflict by Going Through the Cover Symptom Phenomena

Western psychotherapeutic approaches have been introduced into China in the past two decades, but the problem of how to integrate these methods meaningfully with the Chinese culture remains. This article shows the author's view that psychotherapists should understand a client's presenting problem on three levels during interviewing with the client. Sexual desire is viewed as a core intra-conflict of the client, covered up by relevant life experiences (e.g. love affair) and mental symptoms (e.g. anxiety, depression). The therapeutic process conducted by a therapist consists of: 1) to clarify symptom manifestations and make a diagnosis in accordance with the client's complaints; 2) to understand the client's life experiences and love affairs and to respond with empathy; and 3) to interpret the core intra-conflict and the relationships between the symptoms and the covert sexual desire. Three cases presented here illustrate the process of therapeutic interactions proposed.