Countertransference as object of empirical research?

International Forum of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 96-108

  Kächele, Horst ^a   Erhardt, Ingrid ^b   Seybert, Carolina ^c   Buchholz, Michael B ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYTIC UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Washington Center for Psychoanalysis   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Countertransference; measure; psychoanalysis; psychotherapy research; qualitative studies; quantitative studies

Indexed keywords

ACTING OUT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; AWARENESS; CONVERSATION; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; EMOTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF DISCLOSURE; TRANSFERENCE;

EID: 84928193539     PISSN: 0803706X     EISSN: 16512324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0803706X.2012.737933     Document Type: Article

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