Resistance is a foundation in the practice of human psychotherapy. It can be helpful in guiding therapy but can also present challenges. Resistance is a foundation in the practice of human psychotherapy. It can be helpful in guiding therapy but can also present challenges. How to work with resistance in therapy

http://www.freudfile.org/psychoanalysis/resistance.html

Five forms of resistance:

Ego Resistances

1. Repression

2. Transference resistance

3. Gain from illness (perceived benefit)/assimilation of symptom into the ego 

Id Resistances

4. resistance requiring ‘working – through’ resulting from the Repetition compulsion (similar to scripting) Repetition compulsion is a psychological phenomenon in which a person repeats an event or its circumstances over and over again. This includes reenacting the event or putting oneself in situations where the event is likely to happen again. This "re-living" can also take the form of dreams in which memories and feelings of what happened are repeated, and even hallucinated.

Super Ego Resistances5. Resistances of guilt and the need for punishmentLeaning into Resistance

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/201606/you-only-get-more-what-you-resist-why

• “What you resist persists”.

• Pushing through resistance is mostly about getting to acceptance