Self-confronting experience and Therapist-confronting experience in Clinical Dohsa-hou for student with Obsessive–compulsive attitude toward self

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to discuss the effect of Dohsa-hou for a male student with obsessive–compulsive attitude toward self with focusing on self-confronting experience and therapist-confronting experience. The client had obsessive–compulsive behavior pattern to cope with anxiety situation. After the client accepted self-relaxation task in Dohsa-hou, he could control himself in personal relationship, face tasks for graduate and career choices. Client faced self-relaxation task in Dohsa-hou which Therapist gave, and he experienced himself with relax. Through his self-confronting experience and therapist-confronting experience in Dohsa-hou, his manner of “self-contained” changed to communicable manner of “mutual response”. It is considered that new self-confronting experience and therapist-confronting experience in Dohsa-hou for student promoted his feeling of confidence to self and others and restructuring self-estimation in personal relationship.