Moments of Uncertainty in Therapeutic Practice: Interpreting Within the Matrix of Projective Identification, Countertransference, and Enactment

by Robert Waska

Book Overview

One of therapy's greatest challenges is the moment of transference, when a patient unconsciously transfers emotion or desire to a new and present object--in some cases the therapist. During the course of treatment, a patient's projections and the analyst's struggle to divert them can stress, distort, or contaminate the therapeutic relationship. It may lead to various forms of enactment, in which the therapist unconsciously colludes with the client...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231151535
• ISBN13: 9780231151535
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher