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Transference, Insight, and the Counselor's Intentions During a Counseling Hour
Author(s) -
GELSO CHARLES J.,
HILL CLARA E.,
KIVLIGHAN DENNIS M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1991.tb01539.x
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , psychology , context (archaeology) , intervention (counseling) , quality (philosophy) , applied psychology , psychotherapist , computer science , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , psychiatry , world wide web , biology
The interactive effects of transference and client insight on session quality, and the relationship between transference and counselor intentions, were studied within the context of a single counseling session. Thirty‐eight experienced counselors audiotaped one counseling session and rated their intentions for each intervention. Counselors also rated transference, insight, and session quality. As hypothesized, when transference was high, client insight was positively related to session quality. Furthermore, negative transference was related to several counselor intentions. Negative transference may signal counselors to focus on the relationship and underlying client issues, and to avoid structuring and directing behavior change.