Patient personality and therapist countertransference

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-56

  Colli, Antonello ^a   Ferri, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Countertransference; Emotional responses; Personality disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; EMOTION; HUMAN; NARCISSISM; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN RELATION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY;

COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84916633169     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000119     Document Type: Review

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