Dr. Klee's Eight Stages

Dr. Klee developed an eight stage model of doing object relations psychotherapy. The stages are listed below. For more information on the stages, click here to Contact Dr. Klee.




Stage 1: Preliminary Diagnosis of Relational Pattern


Stage 2: Building the Therapeutic Alliance


Stage 3: Identifying the Maladaptive Relational Pattern


Stage 4: Patient Expresses Maladaptive Pattern


Stage 5: Therapist Generates Empathic Confrontation


Stage 6: Working Through the Confrontation


Stage 7: Generalizing the Therapeutic Relationship


Stage 8: Separation and Termination