Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Psychological transference by a psychotherapist in reaction to the emotions, experiences, or problems of a patient undergoing treatment.
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- noun psychotherapy The
transference of a therapist's ownunconscious feelings to his or herpatient ; unconscious or instinctive emotion felt towards the patient.
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- noun the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
Etymologies
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Examples
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The feelings summoned up in the therapist by the patient are called countertransference.
Shrink Dreams WAYNE A. MYERS 1992
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The feelings summoned up in the therapist by the patient are called countertransference.
Shrink Dreams WAYNE A. MYERS 1992
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The feelings summoned up in the therapist by the patient are called countertransference.
Shrink Dreams WAYNE A. MYERS 1992
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Freud used the term countertransference to refer to the therapist's emotional responses to a patient during psychotherapy.
Gary W. Small, M.D.: Falling in Love With Your Psychiatrist M.D. Gary W. Small 2010
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Freud used the term countertransference to refer to the therapist's emotional responses to a patient during psychotherapy.
Gary W. Small, M.D.: Falling in Love With Your Psychiatrist M.D. Gary W. Small 2010
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Being aware of the reason for the countertransference was a major step forward.
Shrink Dreams WAYNE A. MYERS 1992
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Being aware of the reason for the countertransference was a major step forward.
Shrink Dreams WAYNE A. MYERS 1992
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Being aware of the reason for the countertransference was a major step forward.
Shrink Dreams WAYNE A. MYERS 1992
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An effective therapist has the capacity for empathy and will experience countertransference feelings, but should not allow them to interfere with the therapy.
Gary W. Small, M.D.: Falling in Love With Your Psychiatrist M.D. Gary W. Small 2010
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In fact, for psychiatrists who maintain perspective on these reactions and their distortions, countertransference offers an important opportunity to explore the patient's inner emotional world.
Gary W. Small, M.D.: Falling in Love With Your Psychiatrist M.D. Gary W. Small 2010
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