An Interpretation of Client’s Counseling Experience from the Perspective of Object Relations Theory

[[abstract]]本研究旨在探究當事人諮商關係互動經驗、了解此經驗之意義，再進一步從客體關係理論觀點去詮釋此經驗之意義。本研究邀請一位諮商心理師及其一位當事人參與研究，共取得十六次諮商晤談與一次訪談資料，採取詮釋現象學方法加以分析。 本研究發現：1.當事人的諮商關係互動經驗為：(1)從有所懷疑到逐漸信任；(2)諮商心理師和當事人生命經驗產生交會；(3)諮商心理師的引導開鑿出自我成長的基礎。2.當事人的諮商關係互動經驗之意義為：(1)諮商前期－協調互動步調；(2)諮商中期－諮商關係的鞏固與分歧；(3)諮商後期－當事人的轉變與結案。3.以客體關係理論觀點詮釋當事人諮商關係互動經驗之意義為：(1)諮商心理師成為移情與投射性認同的對象，是提供正向客體關係經驗之契機；(2)諮商心理師發揮過渡客體與涵容的功能，增加當事人內在的安定感；(3)理想客體經驗鬆動當事人對內在客體關係的忠誠；(4)諮商心理師的神遊需審慎運用。 最後，依據本研究限制及研究發現，對未來相關研究、諮商實務工作與諮商專業培訓三方面，共提出七點建議。[[abstract]]The research aims to explore the client’s interactive counseling experience, the meaning of the experience, and further interpret the meaning of this experience on the basis of Object Relations Theory. A counselor and a client were invited to participate in this research. A total of 16 consultations were conducted and one set of interview data was obtained, which would be analyzed by means of hermeneutic phenomenology. The research showed: 1. The client’s interactive counseling experience (1) changes gradually from doubt to trust; (2) A crossing point is generated between the life experiences of the counselor and the client; (3) The counselor’s guidance built the foundation of self-growth. 2. The meaning of the client’s interactive counseling experience is: (1) In the initial phase—coordination; (2) In the middle phase—the build and divide of client-counselor relationship; (3) In the final phase—the transformation of the client and the closing of the case. 3. The meaning of the client’s interactive counseling experience based on Object Relations Theory: (1) The counselor becomes the object of projective identification and transference, providing a chance to develop positive object relation; (2) The counselor improves the sense of ease and security in the client by containing and being the transitional object; (3) The ideal object relation weakens the loyalty of the client toward inner object relation; (4) The counselor’s reverie should be carefully provided. To conclude, based on the research limitation and finding, seven suggestions were provided in terms of future research, counseling practices, and professional training.[[note]]博