UNDERSTANDING AND DIFFERENTIATING CLIENTS POSITIVE FEELINGS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY

Authors
CHANCE SE GLICKAUFHUGHES C
Citation
Se. Chance et C. Glickaufhughes, UNDERSTANDING AND DIFFERENTIATING CLIENTS POSITIVE FEELINGS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, American journal of psychotherapy, 49(4), 1995, pp. 514-525
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Psycolanalysis","Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
American journal of psychotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029564
Volume
49
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
514 - 525
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9564(1995)49:4<514:UADCPF>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The positive feelings patients experience towards their therapists hav e important diagnostic and treatment considerations. This article revi ews ann integrates the literature on the therapeutic alliance, the pos itive transference, and the idealizing transference. Examples are prov ided to help clinicians understand and differentiate their patients' p ositive feelings.