Some thoughts on empathy and countertransference |
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Authors: | Zepf Siegfried Hartmann Sebastian |
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Institution: | Institute for Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatic Medicine, University of Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Germany. s.zepf@rz.uni |
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Abstract: | Two aspects of countertransference-namely, the countertransference reaction and empathic understanding-must be distinguished. The term countertransference should be reserved exclusively for the conscious reactions of the analyst emerging from the preconscious by virtue of the patient's current transferences; the term empathy should be used to denote a perspective whereby the analyst employs current countertransference reactions for an understanding of the patient's inner life. |
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