title: Clinical dilemmas: therapists treating therapists.
abstract: Psychotherapists who treat therapist-patients confront a range of intense, often unexpected, countertransferential feelings that threaten to intrude on the course of treatment. The experience of the treating therapist is examined and discussed with particular attention to implications for clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Cambridge Hospital, Mass.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bridges
mesh_terms: D003379:Countertransference; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000193:education*; D012649:Self Concept; D014167:Transference, Psychology; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology