After many sessions of psychoanalytic therapy,Dan at some point experiences reluctance to cooperate with his therapist and tends to forget to do what his therapist had suggested to him.Dan is experiencing ________.

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Dan is experiencing resistance, which is a common phenomenon in psychoanalytic therapy where the patient unconsciously resists the therapeutic process or the therapist's efforts to uncover repressed material. Forgetting to follow the therapist's suggestions is one of the ways in which resistance can manifest. A Freudian slip refers to a mistake in speech or action that reveals an unconscious thought or feeling, and a Freudian trip is not a recognized term in psychoanalytic theory. Interpretation refers to the therapist's analysis of the patient's unconscious conflicts and motivations.

After Many Sessions of Psychoanalytic Therapy,Dan at Some Point Experiences