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  • Psychotherapy
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Infant-caregiver dyads exhibit significant compatibility variations.
  • Caregiver emotional management of compatibility influences infant personality, authenticity, and transference patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the impact of managing incompatibility in therapeutic relationships.
  • To investigate how disclosing relational friction promotes authenticity and self-awareness.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical exploration within an intersubjective framework.
  • Hypothesizing the effects of disclosing interpersonal challenges in psychotherapy.

Main Results:

  • Therapeutic relationships may mirror early dyadic incompatibilities with different triggers.
  • Emotional friction can arise from previously unproblematic personality traits.

Conclusions:

  • Disclosure of incompatibility management challenges enhances emotional honesty and introjection.
  • Authentic self-disclosure in therapy facilitates patient awareness of personality and relational patterns.