Types of countertransference dynamics: An exploration of their impact on the client-therapist relationship

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 360-375

  Tishby, Orya ^a   Wiseman, Hadas ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

alliance; process research; psychoanalytic psychodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; THERAPY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898549322     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2014.893068     Document Type: Article

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