title: Relational perspectives regarding countertransference in group and trauma.
abstract: A relational/constructivist view incorporates contemporary trends toward viewing countertransference and co-transference as results of mutual intersubjective influence. It moves toward a view of the socially constructed nature of human reality, toward recognizing the therapist's as well as the members' irreducible individuality and initiative taking; and toward therapy as about meaning-making rather than scientific discovery of The Truth. General clinical examples, and examples of working specifically with trauma, are given.
authors.affiliation: National Group Therapy Institute, The Washington School of Psychiatry, Washington, DC, USA. rubenfel@erols.com
authors.forename: Sy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rubenfeld
mesh_terms: D003379:Countertransference; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*