Understanding Countertransference

Seeking to mediate between the "classical" view of countertransference as a neurotic impediment to the treatment process and the more recent "totalist" perspective, which assumes that the therapist's emotional response necessarily reveals something about

Introduction. Countertransference, Empathy, and Projective Identification: An Historical Perspective. Discussion of Terms. The Unitary Sequence for Processing Interactional Communications: An Introduction. The Reception Phase. Internal Processing. The Communication Phase. Validation. Countertransference Disclosure. Clinical Illustrations. Closing Comments.