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Observing Countertransference in Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy

Abstract

Six cases treated with Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy were studied. Initial countertransferential reactions were identified, and expectations were determined concerning the evolution of the patient-therapist relationship. The existence of a basic pattern of emotional response to the patient in the therapist throughout the treatment was observed, and the authors propose to denominate it countertransferential focus. Three clinical vignettes are …

Authors

Eizirik CUL; Costa FV; Kapczinski FV; Piltcher R; Gauer R; Libermann Z

Journal

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 174–181

Publisher

Karger Publishers

Publication Date

1991

DOI

10.1159/000288552

ISSN

0033-3190