Transference and countertransference in clinical intervention with divorcing families.
The final scenes of the failed marriage are replayed in the consulting room not only in the painful content of the verbal interactions but in the transference reactions of client and countertransference responses of clinician--material rooted in the current crisis as well as the developmental histories of the protagonists. The theoretical underpinnings of this broadened conception of transference/countertransference are discussed and its role in assessment and treatment is highlighted.
Wallerstein
J S
JS
Center for the Family in Transition, Corte Madera, Calif.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003379:Countertransference; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology*; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D014167:Transference, Psychology