title: Aloneness in the countertransference.
abstract: This survey of a variety of ways in which analysands induce a feeling of aloneness in the analyst includes reference to the developmental origins, unconscious dynamics, and characterological settings of these ways. An account is presented of the role of narrative choice in defining the phenomena of an analysis not just in reporting pre-existing phenomena. Also included are some technical suggestions.
mesh_terms: D003379:Countertransference; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D014167:Transference, Psychology; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology