It's Not You, It's Me: An Examination of Clinician- and Client-Level Influences on Countertransference Toward Borderline Personality Disorder

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-125

  Liebman, Rachel E ^a   Burnette, Mandi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Client clinician dynamic; Clients with borderline personality disorder; Clinician bias; Countertransference; Dialectical behavior therapy; Gender typical behavior; Self harm; Therapists

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84872558170     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajop.12002     Document Type: Article

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