The therapeutic process is an opportunity both for healing and restoration, and for discovering new ways of being. Although exposed to a variety of psychological theories, I have narrowed my theoretical orientation to a relational psychodynamic approach, drawing on attachment theory and intersubjective systems theory (IST). IST describes how an individual's subjective experiences, both embodied and affective, become the mode of organization, or way of being, in which the person functions relationally in the world. It is through this process of transference and countertransference that unconscious ways of being can become explicit and, through the collaborative effort of the therapist and client, new ways of organizing the relational world can pay particular attention to enactments, which expose the intrapsychic dynamics between the therapist and client, as an opportunity for relational remodeling. By combining these ISTs and attachment, a client can reintegrate affective responses and relational needs through mutual recognition in the therapeutic relationship. Additionally, both approaches delve into the subjective, embodied processes of both client and therapist, which allows me to integrate interventions such as mindfulness, deep breathing, DBT skills, and other behavioral coping skills that work alongside relational processes to enable clients to stabilize. , regulate and develop new ways of relating interpersonally. The use of these interventions is particularly helpful when working with clients with severe and chronic mental illnesses as it creates a safe relational space in which clients can develop necessary coping skills, especially when therapy is The client has developed a of contemptuous attachment characterized by two coexisting but contrasting internal working models. The first working model was a conscious model in which she saw herself as capable and strong and others as insufficient and needy. The second internal working model was unconscious and refers to the internal belief of being imperfect, inadequate and dependent on others. By validating and deepening the client's subjective experience, we were able to work on the client's ability to tolerate the anxiety resulting from his need for connection and the lack of security he felt in his relational world to express that need. By using my countertransference and making enactments explicit, we could challenge these internal working models and begin to explore new ways of being. Slowly, she was able to experience a new way of understanding her relational needs, to tolerate the pain of her attachment figures' lack of attunement, and to develop more intrapsychic space for her feelings..