title: Countertransference and the obese patient.
abstract: Psychotherapy with obese patients requires management of the therapist's feelings about obesity. These feelings are multiply determined. Fostering an awareness of one's attitudes towards obesity, reviewing countertransference as a source of information about the patient, and using countertransference to formulate interventions may improve the therapeutic outcome with the obese patient.
authors: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
authors: W K
authors: WK
authors: Drell
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001828:Body Image; D003379:Countertransference; D006801:Humans; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy