title: Transference, psychic reality, and countertransference.
abstract: A return to Freud's broader concepts of transference and psychic reality as general psychological principles would include applying both concepts to the analyst as well as to the patient and thus obviate the need for the concept of countertransference.
mesh_terms: D003379:Countertransference; D004532:Ego; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011936:Reality Testing; D014167:Transference, Psychology