HOW TO ACHIEVE OPENNESS - ABOUT THE RELAT IONSHIP OF TECHNIQUE, COUNTERTRANSFERENCE AND BEGEGNUNG

After a short review of the relationship of understanding and ''Begegn ung'' founded on a concept of interactive integration, openness and ef fect of a ''triangulating dialogue'' in which countertransference, tec hnique and the contributions of the patient form the shifting points o f view of a continuous change and development of perspectives. If such a dialogue is to be successful, technique appears as a helpful partne r and no longer as a fixed set of rules and regulations; then countert ransference turns into self-perception in which the patients are able to portray their conflict; and finally a ''tertium quid'' (third point ) is formed in which patient and therapist can meet.