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Whither countertransference in couples and family therapy: A systemic perspective
Author(s) -
Kaslow Florence W.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.1071
Subject(s) - countertransference , psychology , family therapy , psychotherapist , perspective (graphical) , transference , context (archaeology) , session (web analytics) , psychoanalysis , psychoanalytic theory , paleontology , artificial intelligence , world wide web , computer science , biology
This study addresses various perspectives on transference and countertransference dynamics from the context of couples and family therapy. It considers the phenomena of countertransference in couple and family therapy and illustrates treatment with three specific kinds of patient populations: adult survivors of childhood incest who receive therapy with their partner; couples group therapy; and psychotherapists and their families. How supervisors help trainees recognize and deal with the transference and countertransference in clinical practice also is explored. These reciprocal phenomena are even more complex to identify and handle in couple and family treatment than in individual therapy. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol/In Session 57: 1029–1040, 2001.