Short Course Description
When Freud discovered in 1910 that therapists [then, only physicians] were subconsciously affected by patients' emotions (transference), he was shocked and stressed because he saw this process, which he defined as counter-transference, as a danger to the scientific development of psychoanalysis. He stated that each therapist (analyst) must undergo a personal analysis. Beyond this position, which is accepted to this day, understandings based on clinical research and observations have developed on how the therapist (and the counselor and manager) must deal with processes of transference and countertransference. Based on these developments, in this course we will examine several disorders (such as narcissistic disorder) and will emphasize the available ways of coping for the therapist. We will also examine the aspects of transference and countertransference, including the risks in avoiding treatment of countertransference processes through secondary traumatization which lurks for PTSD therapists.
Full syllabus is to be published
