THE COMPLEXITIES AND PITFALLS OF WORKING WITH THE COUNTERTRANSFERENCE

Authors
Citation
S. Rosenbloom, THE COMPLEXITIES AND PITFALLS OF WORKING WITH THE COUNTERTRANSFERENCE, The Psychoanalytic quarterly, 67(2), 1998, pp. 256-275
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Psycolanalysis
ISSN journal
00332828
Volume
67
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
256 - 275
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2828(1998)67:2<256:TCAPOW>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The author attempts to demonstrate that the usual manner of reporting countertransference experiences does not do justice to the complexity of these phenomena. Clinical illustrations are used to show that the d ata of countertransferences are partial, often difficult to use immedi ately in analyses, sometimes ambiguous, and hard to validate. The fate of persistent conflictual residues within each analyst is discussed i n the context of the life cycle of psychoanalytic work.