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On moral countertransference
Author(s) -
Mills Jon
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of applied psychoanalytic studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.314
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1556-9187
pISSN - 1742-3341
DOI - 10.1002/aps.3
Subject(s) - countertransference , agency (philosophy) , psychology , relation (database) , moral agency , psychoanalysis , meaning (existential) , identity (music) , epistemology , social psychology , psychotherapist , philosophy , aesthetics , database , computer science
Abstract This article engages the question and meaning of moral countertransference within analytic space and underscores the primacy of the analyst' s moral agency as both an ongoing source of authenticity and hindrance to optimal practice. I specifically explore the relation between the analyst's own moral dispositions that are confronted when presented with patient material that opposes one's own ethical identity. Various case illustrations are presented where my moral countertransference was suspected. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd