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▪ Working through helps the patient to understand herself/himself and the
source of the problem and to integrate the uncovered material into her/his
ego.
▪ The outcome of working through is insight.
▪ Insight is the end point of therapy as the client has gained a new
understanding of herself/himself.
▪ In turn, the conflicts of the past, defence mechanisms and physical
symptoms are no longer present and the client becomes a psychologically
healthy person.
▪ Psychoanalysis is terminated at this stage.

▪ Duration of Treatment-
➢ Psychoanalysis lasts for several years, with one hour session for 4–5 days per
week.
➢ It is an intense treatment.
➢ There are three stages in the treatment.
a) Stage one is the initial phase.
The client becomes familiar with the routines, establishes a therapeutic
relationship with the analyst, and gets some relief with the process of
recollecting the superficial materials from the consciousness about the past
and present troublesome events.
b) Stage two is the middle phase, which is a long process.
It is characterised by transference, resistance on the part of the client, and
confrontation and clarification, i.e. working through on the therapist’s part.
All these processes finally lead to insight.
c) The third phase is the termination phase wherein the relationship with the
analyst is dissolved and the client prepares to leave the therapy.