Countertransference in Perspective: The Double-Edged Sword of the Patient-Therapist Emotional Relationship

by Dov R. Aleksandrowicz

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In psychoanalysis the term countertransference, coined by Freud, describes the complex emotional relation between therapist and patient. The term is nowadays used in a broad sense, referring to the entire range of emotions experienced by the therapist/analyst covering many types of therapeutic process. Today s mental-health practitioners are called upon to deal with a wide variety of challenges, some of them highly emotionally-charged, such as child abuse, gender identity or catastrophic show more loss. The book is intended for mental health and other human service practitioners, such as physicians, educators, jurists and human resource managers." show less

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616.89170000000001Applied science & technologyMedicine & healthDiseases, Allergies, Skin ConditionsNervous Disorders: Autism, Anorexia, OCDMental disorders: bi-polar/schizophreniaTherapyPsychoanalysis
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