Transference-countertransference: realizing a love by not actualizing it.
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.
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Department of Psychotherapy, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
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D000328:Adult; D003379:Countertransference; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D014167:Transference, Psychology