Serious illness in the analyst: transference, countertransference, and reality responses.
Serious illness in the analyst has a disruptive effect on the therapeutic process. Transference and countertransference responses are highly idiosyncratic and variable, but must be dealt with effectively when the therapeutic process is resumed. Some effects are relatively brief and immediate; others become manifest only after a significant delay. This paper uses the experience of such an illness to call attention to this topic which has been relatively ignored in the psychoanalytic literature.
D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D003289:Convalescence; D003379:Countertransference; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D004194:Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010309:Parotitis / Q000523:psychology; D010815:Physician Impairment; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012380:Role; D014167:Transference, Psychology; D014342:Truth Disclosure