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Originally Posted by stopdog
"It should be mentioned that the majority of therapists today use non-transferential techniques, like CBT, and have much less practice in detecting countertransference, and if you can't detect it, the feelings evoked will shape therapy. Although its part of the curriculum, theory alone is insufficient to teach something as experential as transference."
I have not found this to be true concerning the majority of therapists across the board.
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Here's an illustrative quote from "Countertransference and the Therapeutic Relationship: A Cognitive Perspective"
"Despite the importance of identifying, understanding, monitoring, and responding to countertransference reactions in the therapeutic process, it is an area that has received relatively little attention in the cognitive therapy literature."
Historically, transference-countertransference has been an essential non-factor in cognitive behavioral approaches. Tradition is a really strong factor even now.
I'm glad you've had introspective therapists but the simple fact that the cognitive method doesn't use transference, means they look for it less, and thus are less good at detecting it personally.