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Book SynopsisThis work explores the psychoanalytic constructs of transference and countertransference and explains how structures and activities in the human brain account for them. It identifies major transferential and countertransferential themes and ways in which displaced material is most likely to manifest. Written in non-analytic language for non-analysts, this work outlines a five-step approach to allow displaced material to reveal its basic meaning. It provides clinicians with several management strategies, including formulating and using interpretations in a way that does not threaten clients. The focus is on transference and countertransference as they relate to major phases of non-analytic therapy. Through this approach, the book useful provides templates for identifying transference and countertransference phenomena and guidelines for interpreting them to clients. By summarizing key research findings, it will allow readers from various theoretical orientations to make their own judgments about how to deal with the potentially harmful and potentially beneficial phenomena of transference and countertransference.
Trade Reviewthe book makes a contribution to unifying rather than fragmenting psychology, bridging the psychodynamic and nonpsychodynamic traditions.... -- Simon Boag * PsycCRITIQUES *
Dr. Schaeffer arrives at a critical moment with a lucid and inclusive treatment of transference and countertransfernce that can only benefit both therapists and clients as they work through the issues of psychotherapy. This is a calm, professional examination of dynamic realities that enables persons unacquainted with them to learn about their nature and management in the non-threatening and freeing atmosphere that is created by all good teachers. -- Eugene C. Kennedy, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Loyola University of Chicago
Table of ContentsPart 1 Foreword Part 2 Preface Part 3 Acknowledgements Chapter 4 Introduction Part 5 Part I: Psychoanalytic and Scientific Bases of Transference and Countertransference Chapter 6 The Phenomenon Called Transference Chapter 7 The Phenomenon Called Countertransference Chapter 8 Scientific Data Supportive of Transference and Countertransference Part 9 Triggers and Manifestations of Transference and Countertransference Chapter 10 Triggers of Transference and Countertransference Chapter 11 Ways in which Transference and Countertransference Manifest Themselves Part 12 Clincial Approaches to Transference and Countertransference Chapter 13 Diagnosing Transference and Countertransference Chapter 14 Interpreting Transference and Countertransference for Clients Chapter 15 Wording Transference and Countertransference Interpretations Part 16 Interpreting Transference in a Non-analytic Setting Chapter 17 Subtasks of the Interpretive Process and Self-Monitoring Part 18 Appropriate Clients, Timing and Frequency Chapter 19 Using Interpretations to Form the Alliances and Terminate Therapy Part 20 A Special Problem Chapter 21 Transference and Countertransference Love Part 22 References Part 23 Index Part 24 About the Author
