The Use of Conflicting Loyalties in Combined Individual and Group Psychotherapy with Separate Therapists

Transference reactions in conjoint therapy: A view from an observation group

“…On the other hand, Teicher (1962) has pointed out that if the two therapists can collaborate in dealing with the countertransference that Group is provoked within them by the fact of treating a patient in this manner, then they will be able to mutatively demonstrate the patient's transference reactions to him. Teicher adds that in conjoint treatment "the use of two different therapists means that the events and complications of treatment which might otherwise go unnoticed are often thrown into sharper and more dramatic relief."…”

Genetic psychoanalysis: The dual method.

“…The patient feels protected from the retaliation of the "all powerful figure, whom no one checks regarding his arbitrariness" (Flescher, 1958). The dual method means that "the events and complications of treatment which might otherwise go unnoticed are often thrown into sharper and more dramatic relief" (Teicher, 1962). Counter-transference problems can be more easily recognized by both analysts.…”