Countertransference Behavior and Alliance Quality as a Function of Therapist Self-Insight

......................................................................................................................v LIST OF TABLES.............................................................................................................vii LIST OF FIGURES ......................................................................................................... viii CHAPTER I. TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF COUNTERTRANSFERENCE ...................1 Definitions of Countertransference ..........................................................................1 Types of Behaviors ..................................................................................................3 CT Behavior and Therapy outcome and Process .....................................................6 CT Management.......................................................................................................8 CT Management and CT Behaviors ......................................................................11 CT Management and Therapy Outcome and Process ............................................12 Specific Aims .........................................................................................................14 II. METHOD ......................................................................................................................17 Participants .............................................................................................................17 Treatment ...............................................................................................................18 Measures ................................................................................................................19 Procedure ...............................................................................................................21 Data Analysis .........................................................................................................22 III. RESULTS ....................................................................................................................24 Group Selection ....................................................................................................24 Analyses ................................................................................................................24 IV. DISCUSSION ..............................................................................................................27 BIBLIOGRAPHY ..............................................................................................................46