1970
DOI: 10.1192/s0007125000192189
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Basic Psychoanalytic Concepts: IV. Counter-Transference

Abstract: In previous papers in this series we have discussed two concepts which have been used in connection with aspects of the relationship between the patient and his doctor. These were the treatment alliance (Sandler, Holder and Dare, 1970) and transference (Sandler, Dare and Holder, 1970). Although these two clinical concepts originated within the psychoanalytic treatment situation they are capable of extension outside it. Both relate to and emphasize processes occurring within the patient and tend to stress one s… Show more

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“…Should we abandon such ‘unscientific’ concepts in favour of more objectifiable theories? Kohon (1986), after Sandler et al . (1970a ), included countertransference with transference to emphasize that they are clinical concepts, not metapsychological ones.…”
Section: Transference and Countertransferencementioning
confidence: 98%
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“…Should we abandon such ‘unscientific’ concepts in favour of more objectifiable theories? Kohon (1986), after Sandler et al . (1970a ), included countertransference with transference to emphasize that they are clinical concepts, not metapsychological ones.…”
Section: Transference and Countertransferencementioning
confidence: 98%
“…I refer to transference elements here, because it is just as important to ascertain non‐transference elements ( Sandler et al . 1970a ).…”
Section: Transference and Countertransferencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…This early and relatively narrow view of countertransference as an impediment to treatment prevailed in the psychoanalytic literature for several decades. Over time, however, theorists broadened the concept, recognizing that the clinician's reactions to the patient (conscious and unconscious, emotional and cognitive, intrapsychic and behavioral) may have diagnostic and therapeutic relevance and can, if properly used, facilitate rather than inhibit treatment (1)(2)(3)(4)(5).…”
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“…Participants also considered questioning patients about sensitive topics, such as their sex life, to be potentially embarrassing for both themselves and the patients. At other times participants had to deal with their difficult countertransferences, that is, less conscious practitioner reactions to patients (Sandler, 1970), which might be adequately understood only in retrospect: I was probably quite defensive, which is why it escalated, into . .…”
Section: Emotion Work and Coping Strategiesmentioning
confidence: 99%