Basic principles of psychotherapy. II. The patient model, interventions, and countertransference

This paper (Part II) discusses the details of techniques used in achieving the goals of creating an individualized patient model, making effective interventions and monitoring countertransference. Models of patients' functioning can be created by using selection strategies regarding patients' characteristics and drawing on general models to explain these phenomena. Interventions are based on this model and should increase patients' understanding but are selected on the basis of goals and the individual's current state. Countertransference is a universal phenomena that can be managed in a variety of professional ways.