Managing countertransference: what the experts think.
The present study attempted to assess the importance of five factors theorized to play a central role in managing countertransference: Self-integration, Anxiety Management, Conceptualizing Skills, Empathy, and Self-insight. 33 experts provided ratings of 50 characteristics of therapists as to the importance of each in managing countertransference. Analysis indicated that each factor is at least somewhat important to management of countertransference, with two of the factors, Self-integration and Self-insight, rated as playing a particularly important role. Clinical implications are discussed.
Hayes
J A
JA
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742.
Gelso
C J
CJ
Van Wagoner
S L
SL
Diemer
R A
RA
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003379:Countertransference; D005260:Female; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*