title: Transference interpretations in focal therapy.
abstract: There are three contradictory positions regarding the usefulness of transference interpretations in focal therapy: they are 1) indispensable, 2) to be avoided, or 3) not important compared with nonspecific therapeutic factors. After a review of the rationale and the uncompelling research supporting each position, the authors suggest tentative indications for transference interpretation in focal therapy and illustrate these with two cases.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D014167:Transference, Psychology