countertransference

IPA: kˈaʊntɝtrænsfˈɝʌns

(psychotherapy) The transference of a therapist's own unconscious feelings to his or her patient; unconscious or instinctive emotion felt towards the patient.

Examples of "countertransference" in Sentences

Training group therapists through the study of countertransference.
In 1955, she developed a workshop with the theme of countertransference.
The use of the objective countertransference to resolve group resistance.
Being aware of the reason for the countertransference was a major step forward.
The feelings summoned up in the therapist by the patient are called countertransference.
Freud used the term countertransference to refer to the therapist's emotional responses to a patient during psychotherapy.
An effective therapist has the capacity for empathy and will experience countertransference feelings, but should not allow them to interfere with the therapy.
In fact, for psychiatrists who maintain perspective on these reactions and their distortions, countertransference offers an important opportunity to explore the patient's inner emotional world.