陰性外傷をもつクライエントに対する「支持-表出モデル」の試み

The number of divorce cases has been increasing. Weak emotional ties and discord
between parents can make their children feel uneasy，hinder the development of their
personality and affect their future personal relations. A female client had been
mentally suffered from such parental discord and the shortage of the empathy of her
parents. The therapist administered "Supportive-Expressive Model" (Okano，1995). He
sometimes became sick at the client weeping with her sorrow and troubles about her
personal relations. But this act of "weeping" was found to bring out the "self object" of
the therapist，giving her an opportunity to heal her，satisfying her desire of "amae"
and encouraging her development. By accepting her "Narcissistic Weeping"，he worked
together to make her deepen insight into herself. In this process，she recollected some
traumatic memories with intensive emotion and gradual improvements in the
relations with her parents and colleagues were found. Likewise，this study makes
some suggestions on the psychotherapy for the clients with "Negative Trauma"(Okano，
1995) due to the shortage of empathy of their parents.