Countertransferent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Countertransferent is an adjective meaning (psychotherapy) Exhibiting or reflecting countertransference.
Meaning
(psychotherapy) Exhibiting or reflecting countertransference.
Example Sentences
“[…] You see, old boy, you think I’m sleeping, that I’m counter-transferent, but even when I’m dozing I’m listening, putting the pieces together in the preconscious, creative part of my brain. […]”
The baseline therapeutic principle for work with erotic feelings is the same as that with the seductive client—the eroticism is an expression or cover of deeper wounds, needs, and patterns of dysfunctional living. This is true, for the most part, not only in the client transference but also in the countertransferent feelings of the counselor.
Word Forms
- counter-transferent
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include counterimitative, counteradaptive, counterattractive, counterpositional, counterattracting, counterdependent.
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