An Introduction to Countertransference
- Claire Cartwright - University of Auckland, New Zealand
Counselling Skills | Counselling and Psychotherapy (General) | Therapeutic relationships
This introduction to countertransference in counselling and psychotherapy covers:
- Countertransference and the therapeutic relationship
- Different theoretical perspectives and approaches to countertransference
- How to understand, manage, and work with countertransference in practice
- The development and repair of therapeutic disruptions and ruptures in the alliance
- Cultural differences and cultural countertransference.
Written for trainees and practitioners from a range of psychotherapeutic approaches, this book is supported by reflective practice activities, research, case studies and chapter summaries that will help you enhance your knowledge and practice in relation to countertransference.
Dr Cartwright has truly done the psychotherapy profession an invaluable service by writing this book as it provides a theoretical and practical guide for understanding a rich and powerful therapeutic phenomenon in such a way that is accessible to trainee therapists and therapists practicing from a wide range of therapeutic orientations. If you are a trainee therapist, therapist interested in enhancing your knowledge and/or practice around countertransference, or a person with general interest in this area, then I highly recommend you read this book.