Countertransference in Couples Therapy
Rather than viewing this response as an obstacle, the authors see it as both inevitable and productive. The book examines not only classic countertransference issues but also the ramifications of the therapist's values and experiences. With remarkable honesty, the contributors deal with illness, death, suicide, pregnancy, hatred, rage, envy, sexuality, lust, and burnout.\ \ \ Applying countertransference theory to couples trmt, countertransference & diagnosis in...
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Countertransference refers to the therapist's complex reactions to clients—in this case, couples. Booknews Views countertransference in couples therapy as both inevitable and productive, and examines classical and totalist approaches to countertransference as well as aspects of the therapist's self, including values and current life circumstances, that affect treatment. Presents detailed cases in which countertransference informed the therapy, covering reactions to borderline couples, childbirth issues, suicide, illness, gay couples, and attraction between therapist and client. Cases are marked by an emotional frankness rarely seen in professional writings. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
AcknowledgmentsContributorsIntroduction1Applying Countertransference Theory to Couples Treatment32Countertransference and Empathy in Couples Therapy233Countertransference and Diagnosis in Couples Therapy384Countertransference Reactions to Borderline Couples725Oedipal Countertransference in Marital Therapy876An Intersubjective Perspective of Countertransference in Couples Therapy997Transference and Countertransference in Clinical Interventions with Divorcing Families1138Envy in the Countertransference1259On Love and Lust in Therapeutic Treatment13610Love's Labour's Lost: Countertransference with a Terminating Relationship15511And Baby Makes Three16612Pitfalls in Couples Therapy around Issues of Parenting17613In Sickness and in Health18714Countertransference in the Storying of a Child's Suicide20115Countertransference with Abusive Couples21816Rage and Aggression in Couples Therapy: An Intersubjective Approach23817Therapeutic Depletion and Burnout25118Countertransference as the Focus of Consultation272Index285
\ BooknewsViews countertransference in couples therapy as both inevitable and productive, and examines classical and totalist approaches to countertransference as well as aspects of the therapist's self, including values and current life circumstances, that affect treatment. Presents detailed cases in which countertransference informed the therapy, covering reactions to borderline couples, childbirth issues, suicide, illness, gay couples, and attraction between therapist and client. Cases are marked by an emotional frankness rarely seen in professional writings. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
