Countertransference as object of empirical research?

Kächele, Horst; Erhardt, Ingrid; Seybert, Carolina; Buchholz, Michael B.

doi:10.1080/0803706x.2012.737933

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“…Observers' evaluations have the potential to contribute to what the 'clinical facts' are [39], furnishing a more 'objective' evaluation. Nevertheless, observers can only infer the therapist's inner experience, and one may question how accurate an observation of the therapist's emotional response from the outside can be.…”

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Patient personality and therapist countertransference

Colli¹,

Ferri²

2015

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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In the last years, several studies have empirically demonstrated the presence of a specific pattern of therapist responses that are related to different patient personality disorders. Other works showed how the effects of the therapist's technique depend on the emotional context in which they are delivered and in particular countertransference experiences. Moreover, researchers suggest that the therapist's emotional responses occur across all kinds of therapy and are independent of the therapist's theoretical preferences.

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“…An additional methodological problem is the stimuli used to investigate the therapist's emotional responses [39]. A number of researchers have studied countertransference, investigating clinician reactions to clinical vignettes or audio-recorded sessions [22,40,41].…”

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Patient personality and therapist countertransference

Colli¹,

Ferri²

2015

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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“…There is as yet not much empirical research into feelings and how these can affect outcomes in general psychiatric populations (Hayes et al, 2011), let alone in forensic mental health practice (Kurtz & Jeffcote, 2011;Røssberg, Karterud, Pedersen, & Friis, 2007). More recently, studies have been conducted measuring clinicians' emotional responses to their clients or patient (see for an overview K€ achele, Erhardt, Seybert, & Buchholz, 2015).…”

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Measuring Feelings of Staff Members Towards Their Most Complex Female and Male Forensic Psychiatric Patients: A Pilot Study into Gender Differences

Vogel

Louppen

2016

International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

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“…9 The existence of review studies and meta-analyses of the subject suggests that CT is gradually finding its way on to the psychotherapy research agenda. 21,[44][45][46][47] Future studies could investigate the elements of CT that are exclusive to the therapists, known as subjective CT, and the elements that are provoked by characteristics specific to the patient, known as objective CT, 48 is linked with characteristics of the patients themselves, such as defense mechanisms or socioeconomic level.…”

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Countertransference and therapeutic alliance in the early stage of adult psychodynamic psychotherapy

Machado

Teche

Lapolli

et al. 2015

Trends Psychiatry Psychother.

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Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to assess the relationship between countertransference (CT) and therapeutic alliance (TA) during the early stages of psychodynamic psychotherapy. A secondary objective is to assess associations between CT and variables related to therapist and patient and between CT and other patient variables investigated, which were defense mechanisms, symptomology and functionality. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study that enrolled 30 patients treated by 17 different therapists at the psychotherapy clinics of two psychiatry centers. Assessments of each patient-therapist pair were conducted between their fourth and 10th sessions. Results: The CT distance domain exhibited a moderate negative correlation with TA, particularly its sub-dimension representing the patient's capacity for work in therapy. Moderate positive correlations were observed between CT distance and the splitting defense mechanism and between CT closeness and suppression defenses, in addition to moderate negative correlation between CT indifference and the fantasy defense mechanism. Another finding was higher scores for CT indifference in association with socioeconomic classes D and E. Conclusions: The quality of CT may provide a source of information about TA. A high degree of CT distance represents a low level of TA, particularly with relation to the patient's working capacity, although presence of the splitting defense mechanism can affect CT, to the extent that it constitutes a confounding variable. The concept of CT is useful to psychotherapists, providing a source of information about the patient's internal world and about certain elements of therapy, such as the quality of TA, which is important for good treatment results. Keywords:Psychotherapy, psychoanalytic therapy, psychoanalysis, countertransference, therapeutic alliance. ResumoObjetivos: O objetivo principal desta pesquisa foi avaliar a relação entre a contratransferência (CT) e a aliança terapêutica (AT) no início da psicoterapia psicodinâmica. O objetivo secundário é avaliar a associação da CT com as variáveis da dupla e da CT com as demais variáveis do paciente avaliadas, que foram os mecanismos de defesa, sintomatologia e funcionalidade. Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo transversal com 30 pacientes do ambulatório de psicoterapia de dois serviços de psiquiatria, atendidos por 17 terapeutas. As avaliações ocorreram entre quarto e décimo encontros da dupla. Resultados: A dimensão da CT distância apresentou correlação negativa moderada com a AT, especialmente sua dimensão que representa a capacidade de trabalho em terapia do paciente. Foram verificadas correlações moderadas positivas entre CT distância e cisão e entre CT proximidade e supressão, além da correlação moderada negativa da CT indiferença com fantasia. Outro dado encontrado foi a presença de maiores níveis da CT indiferença diante de pacientes da classe socioeconômica D e E. Conclusões: A qualidade da CT pode servir de fonte de informações sobre a AT. A presença de ...

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Countertransference as object of empirical research?

Cited by 17 publications

References 33 publications

Patient personality and therapist countertransference

Patient personality and therapist countertransference

Measuring Feelings of Staff Members Towards Their Most Complex Female and Male Forensic Psychiatric Patients: A Pilot Study into Gender Differences

Countertransference and therapeutic alliance in the early stage of adult psychodynamic psychotherapy

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