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Transgender and Analytic Countertransference.

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This study examines analyst countertransference when working with transgender and gender nonbinary patients. Primitive anxiety and dysphoria can hinder the analyst

Area of Science:

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  • Gender Studies
  • Philosophy

Background:

  • Psychoanalytic theory often overlooks the complexities of working with transgender and gender nonbinary (GNB) individuals.
  • Countertransference, the analyst's emotional reactions, can be particularly challenging with patients exploring evolving identities and desires.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore potential countertransference confusions and enactments in psychoanalytic work with trans and GNB patients.
  • To examine how primitive anxiety and dysphoria in analysts may impede therapeutic progress.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical exploration drawing from philosophy and race studies.
  • In-depth case study analysis to illustrate in vivo dynamics.
  • Examination of analyst's internal states, including toxic anxiety and primitive dysphoria.
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  • Working with trans and GNB patients can elicit significant countertransference enactments and toxic anxiety in analysts.
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