Why CAM Should Pay Heed to Potential Transference and Counter-Transference

Why CAM Should Pay Heed to Potential Transference and Counter-Transference

Ongoing debate continues about the so called ‘placebo effect’ [1-6]. the range of effects of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and the way that particular CAM modalities might work [7-10]. Interest lies not just in identifying whether a modality has its intended, or any, effects, but also in uncovering the possible factors that may arise within the therapeutic encounter between pract...

Transference, transference interpretations, and transference-focused psychotherapies.

The concept of transference and the use of transference interpretations in psychotherapy have been highly controversial topics garnering frequent attention both within psychoanalysis and across multiple orientations of psychotherapy. In this article, we review the empirical evidence as it bears on this controversy and discuss the implications of the evidence for psychoanalysis, psychodynamic ps...

The Cornerstone of Psychoanalytic Organizational Analysis: Psychological Reality, Transference and Counter- Transference in the Workplace

A B S T R AC T We start with the premise that organizations are processes of human behavior that are experienced as experiential and perceptual systems governed by unconscious processes. This starting point leads us to discuss psychoanalytically informed organizational perspectives as a means of understanding how psychological reality shapes organizational dynamics. In particular, we argue that...

Empathy , transference and counter-transference in group analysis and analytic group psychotherapy – its interaction

Transference and Counter - Transference in Systems Psychodynamic Group Process Consultation : the Consultant ’ S Experience

This study explored consultants’ experiences of transference and counter-transference when conducting group relations training from the systems psychodynamic stance. A phenomenological research design was used with semistructured interviews conducted on a purposive sample of 13 organisational development consultants in a financial institution. The data was analysed by means of content analysis....