Description
Book SynopsisThis is a detailed discussion of the emotional reactions that clinicians experience when treating borderline patients. This book provides a systematic approach to managing countertransference that legitimizes the therapist's reactions and shows ways to use them therapeutically with the patient.
Trade ReviewThis book's value derives from the examination of a myriad of countertransference reactions under high-power magnification, describing them in lucid, easily understood language, and making the whole subject come alive with dramatic and convincing clinical vignettes. . . . All therapists will profit greatly from reading it, and it belongs in the bibliography of any seminar on borderline patents or countertransference. This volume is a valuable contribution to the literature.
* Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic *
Management of Countertransference with Borderline Patients offers a good overview of the basic, and most clinical pertinent, literature on borderline personality. Since most books are not specific about how patients behave and how therapists should respond, the book makes a contribution by offering reasonable advice and information that clinicians can actually use.
* Psychoanalytic Books: A Quarterly Journal of Reviews *
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Overview of countertransference with borderline patients. Establishment of optimal distance. On victims, rescuers, and abusers. On holding, containment, and thinking one's own thoughts. Reactions to rage and hatred. Sexual feelings and gender issues. Use of therapist self-disclosure. Splitting. Supervision and consultation. Therapeutic aspects of managing countertransference. Index.
