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Originally Posted by CantExplain
Hi guys!
Countertransference is when the patient fills some kind of relationship need in a therapist and T views you subconsciously as a son or lover or something like that.
The orthodox line is that countertransference is wrong and dangerous, and if T cannot shake it off she should refer the patient to someone else.
But is countertransference really so bad? And can it really be avoided?
The therapeutic relationship seems to be to contain a good slice of parent/child from the patient's point of view and surely the T must feel that too.
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Of course it all depends on how the t handles his/her ct. When the t is filling a need of their own and can't get that under control quickly, therapy has the potential to go very wrong for the client. Therapist may act on his/her own best interests instead of the clients. Therapist may give special treatment to client. Therapist may become overly invested in client. I think the t's judgment becomes clouded with the ct that fills a need of their own. And that has the potential to cause a lot of harm to the client if down the road the ct dies out.