Countertransference is one of the most ambiguous terms in psychoanalysis. Jen Wiener, a British Jungian analyst, finally gives an exhaustive answer: “If Freud defined countertransference narrowly as simply an obstacle to development, then modern psychoanalysts understand by it all the conscious and unconscious reactions of the analyst to the patient.
Countertransference is one of the most ambiguous terms in psychoanalysis. Jen Wiener, a British Jungian analyst, finally gives an exhaustive answer: “If Freud defined countertransference narrowly as simply an obstacle to development, then modern psychoanalysts understand by it all the conscious and unconscious reactions of the analyst to the patient. In other words, whatever the analyst thinks and feels is countertransference. Of course, the transfer is also considered. A review of concepts, case studies, a detailed discussion of the feelings that accompany both processes, other subtleties of the therapeutic relationship… The words «making sense» can rightfully be applied to this compact and extremely informative work itself.
COGITO-CENTER, 145 p.