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Authors: Howard A. Wishnie
ISBN-13: 9780765703699, ISBN-10: 0765703696
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Aronson, Jason Inc.
Date Published: November 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Howard A. Wishnie

Book Synopsis

Countertransference responses within the therapist pose a formidable challenge for the clinician, who must carefully examine reactions that may be distressing. These potentially disruptive responses, however, are a valuable source of understanding that can deepen the therapeutic process. This book presents numerous manifestations of countertransference interactions and how they influence treatment, and gives guidelines for effective clinical interventions.

Table of Contents

1Living in the countertransference1
2Styles of communication35
3Force and coercion51
4Maintaining empathy63
5Enactment and intervention89
6Subtler forms of enactment117
7Twinship transference137
8Unsolicited personal disclosures : useful strategy or therapeutic mistake?151
9Erotic countertransference : a response to frustration, despair, loneliness, loss, anger, denial? : when is eros really eros?163
10Countertransference and psychopharmacology191
11Summary and guidelines233

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