title: A dual aspect of the transference.
abstract: I discuss the concept of the 'dual aspect' of the transference, by which I mean considering the analyst as simultaneously the receiver of the analysand's projections, and as different from these projections. I use detailed clinical material to illustrate the theme of the paper from a patient who gradually began to understand this dual aspect of the transference after many initial difficulties. I suggest that the difficulties experienced by this patient are common to many patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007060:Id; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009769:Object Attachment; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011385:Projection; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D014167:Transference, Psychology; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology