title: On the edge: the psychoanalyst's transference.
abstract: Countertransference is a central topic in analytic work and in the literature. The concept of countertransference includes a basic question which has been understood in different ways. The author attempts to differentiate between the psychoanalyst's transference and his countertransference in the analytic process. It is hard to draw a line between them; analysts are always on the edge. The analyst's transference will be explored and described using three approaches: narcissism, regression profile and the analyst's phase of life. Regression profile is a new concept developed by the author, which may help us to understand the core of the analyst's transference in the analytic situation. She illustrates the topic by clinical vignettes.
authors.affiliation: Purokatu 9, FIN-20810 Turku, Finland. laine.aira@kolumbus.fi
authors.forename: Aira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D003379:Countertransference; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D009289:Narcissism; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012043:Regression, Psychology; D014167:Transference, Psychology