counterresistance

Definitions

noun psychology resistance to a patient's influence on his or her therapy by the therapist, such as changing the subject

counter- +‎ resistance

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word counterresistance.

[I] nfluenced by the counterresistance memorandum that the Secretary of Defense approved on December 2, 2002 and incorporated techniques designed for detainees who were identified as unlawful combatants.

GlobalSecurity.org 2009
"On at least two occasions, the JTF-170 requested that Joint Personnel Recovery Agency instructors be sent to GuantÃ¡namo to instruct interrogators in SERE counterresistance interrogation techniques.

Defense Department Releases Evidence of Central Role of Psychologists in Guant�namo and Iraq Interrogation Abuse 2007
"The Joint Personnel Recovery Agency was also responsible for the migration of counterresistance interrogation techniques into the U.S.

Defense Department Releases Evidence of Central Role of Psychologists in Guant�namo and Iraq Interrogation Abuse 2007
SERE training incorporates physical and psychological pressures, which act as counterresistance techniques, to replicate harsh conditions that the Service member might encounter if they are held by forces that do not abide by the Geneva Conventions. "(p. 23)

Defense Department Releases Evidence of Central Role of Psychologists in Guant�namo and Iraq Interrogation Abuse 2007