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Process II and Ethics
January 20, 2023 @ 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm, Wyman Classroom
Second Year Adult Psychoanalytic Training (APT)
2022-23, 2nd Trimester — Fridays, 1:45-3:15pm
Diane Wolman, MSW
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January 20, 2023 — Countertransference
[34 pages]
The psychoanalytic relationship is a very special and complex one that involves great intimacy. These two articles do a nice job of helping us to look at the complexities of our countertransference and the importance of paying attention to when and why we might be pulling away from intimately relating to our patients.
Schwaber. E.A. (1992). Countertransference: The Analyst’s Retreat from the Patient’s Vantage Point. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 73: 349-361.
Bergstein, A. (2011). The Painful Vicissitudes of the Patient’s Love: Transference-Love and the Aesthetic Conflict. Contemp. Psychoanal, 47(2): 224-244.