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Observing countertransference in brief dynamic psychotherapy
C L Eizirik1, F Costa, F Kapczinski
1Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
|January 1, 1991
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 reported.