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The Countertransference in the Work of Ferenczi

The Countertransference in the Work of Ferenczi The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 59, No. 4, ; 999 THE COUNTERTRANSFERENCE IN THE WORK OF FERENCZI Andre Haynal I assume that most of you have already passed through the two stages which all beginnersgo through, the stage of enthusiasm at the unex- pected increase in our therapeutic achievements, and the stage of de- pression at the magnitude of the difficulties which stand in the way of our efforts. At whatever point in this development, however, each of you may happen to be, my intention to-day is to show you that we have by no means come to the end of our resources for combating the neuroses, and that we may expect a substantial improvement in our therapeutic prospects before long. (Freud, 1910, p. 141) The countertransference dimension was not lacking in Freud's percep- tion of therapeutic relations. Nor indeed could it have been, considering that one of his pioneering publications, on Anna O., is based on the ac- count of Breuer, including that of his countertransference and panic.1 It is hard not to caricature the kinds of countertransference revealed by the first psychoanalytic cases, such as the erotic countertransferences of male ther- apists toward young women and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

The Countertransference in the Work of Ferenczi

Haynal, André
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 59 (4) – Oct 14, 2004
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1999 by Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
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Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
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0002-9548
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 59, No. 4, ; 999 THE COUNTERTRANSFERENCE IN THE WORK OF FERENCZI Andre Haynal I assume that most of you have already passed through the two stages which all beginnersgo through, the stage of enthusiasm at the unex- pected increase in our therapeutic achievements, and the stage of de- pression at the magnitude of the difficulties which stand in the way of our efforts. At whatever point in this development, however, each of you may happen to be, my intention to-day is to show you that we have by no means come to the end of our resources for combating the neuroses, and that we may expect a substantial improvement in our therapeutic prospects before long. (Freud, 1910, p. 141) The countertransference dimension was not lacking in Freud's percep- tion of therapeutic relations. Nor indeed could it have been, considering that one of his pioneering publications, on Anna O., is based on the ac- count of Breuer, including that of his countertransference and panic.1 It is hard not to caricature the kinds of countertransference revealed by the first psychoanalytic cases, such as the erotic countertransferences of male ther- apists toward young women and

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