title: Transference-countertransference: realizing a love by not actualizing it.
abstract: This paper deals with the nature and function of transference and countertransference, with respect to transference love. After a summary of the major views on the nature of transference and its function in the analytic process, the paper presents a case in which this issue of transference love was pertinent and how the therapist dealt with these feelings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychotherapy, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Benayah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stern
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003379:Countertransference; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D014167:Transference, Psychology