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V O L U M E S {149}U M B E R 2 {149}P R IN G 19 94
C o u n t e r t r a n s f e r e n c e
onden sed is to ry and P erson a l V iew
of Issu es W ith R eg ressed P a tien ts
L . B R Y C E B O Y E R , M . D .
Freud’s am fr iva len tly nega tive a tti tud e to -
ward countertra nsference d iscouraged s y s tem-
a tic s tud y un til s om e p sy ch oa na ly st s,
predominantly K le in ia ns , b egan to trea t pa -
tients w ith na rciss is tic n eu roses . R ecogn iz ing
th e need to und ers ta nd th e un consc iou s and
conscio us co ntrib ution of th e ana lys t to th e
therapeu tic p rocess, H e im ann , R osen feld ,
Ba lin t , and Racker p ioneered in ser ious
s tu dy o f countertran sference. R acker and
B oyerfound tha t u nreso lve d c ou nte rtra nsfer-
ence prob lems con tr ib u ted s ig na fican tly to un-
fa vo rab le respon ses to psychoana ly sis in
serio usly d istu rbed patien ts. Searles,
G io va cch in i, O gden , and Vothan have like -
w ise furthered coun tertran sferen ce r e s earch .
Follow ing a his tor ical rev iew, the au thor d e-
lin ea tes h is p ersona l a pp roach to unders tand-
ing pa tien ts , esp ec ia lly ser io usly d is turb ed
ones , in te rm s o f the ongo ing in tro jec tion o f
pa tien t and ana lys t o f ea ch oth er’s p ro jec -
tions . Th is approa ch stem s from Rosen feld ’s
in itia l p rop os itions.
(T he Jou rn al o f P sy ch o the rap y P rac tice
and R esearch 1 99 4 ; 3 :12 2-137 )
M y train ing , w h ich began in th e 194 0s,
o ccu rred in an u ltraco nse rv ativ e insti-
tu te w here the psychoana ly tic trea tm en t o f
reg re ssed d iso rde rs w as stro ng ly d isapp ro ved
an d an y d iscuss ion o f cou n te rtransference
issues inv o lved in the ir the rapy w as deem ed
irre levan t. C ou n te rtransference w as con sid -
ered an em barra ssing top ic , o ne to be
av o ided . I do ub ted F reud ’s g ro und s fo r e s-
ch ew ing psy ch oana ly tic trea tm en t o f the na r-
c issis tic d iso rde rs , no tin g h is am biva lence
and con trad ic tio ns,’ an d I to le ra ted w ith d is-
cou ragem en t an d so m e tim es despa ir th e
o pen rid icu le and co n tem pt o f m y m en to rs
w h ile I pu rsu ed m y resea rch in de term in ing
th e e ffectiv eness, in m y hand s, o f th e p sycho -ana lys is o f ser iou sly d istu rb ed p atien ts .2 ”
D oin g so inev itab ly req u ired s tudy ing m ore
th oro ug hly th e tra ns fe re nc e- co un te rtra ns fe r-
ence in te rac tions in w ork in g w ith such
p atien ts . W h en I su ggested tha t co un te r trans-
fe rence n eu ro ses o r psy ch oses w ere a m a jo r
cause o f fa ilu re in the trea tm en t o f reg re ssed
p atien ts , I w as trea ted as an en fan t terr ib le ,
p erson a non gra ta in m y in stitu te and so cie ty .
T h e e go psyc h o lo g ic a l l ite ra tu re o n the
su b ject w as p ractica lly no nex isten t, a ltho ugh
the re w ere som e stud ie s’2 ’8 from w hich u se -
fu l u nde rs tan d ing cou ld be g leaned .
R ece ive d A p ril 1 , 1 99 3; re v isedJune 20 , 199 3; ac cep ted
Jun e 2 4 , 19 93 . F ro m th e C e nte r fo r the A dva nce d S tu dy
of the P sy cho se s, S an F ranc isc o , C a lifo rn ia . A ddress re-
prin t req ues ts to D r. B o yer , 30 21 T e leg rap h A v enu e,
B e rke ley , C A 9 470 5 .
C o pyr igh t © 19 94 A m eric an P syc h ia tric P res s, Inc.
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JO U R N A L O F P S Y C H O T H E R A P Y P R A C T IC E A N D R E S E A R C H
B O Y E R
It w as no t un til I w as exp osed to K lein ian
and n eo-K le in ian th ink ing , in itia lly th roug h
con tac ts w ith L a tin A m erican s and the ir psy -
cho an aly tic lite ratu re , th at the sub jec t o f
trans fe ren ce -co un te rtransference b ecam e
m o re und erstandab le to m e. T h is n ew
un de rstand ing fac ilita ted m y psy choana ly tic
w ork w ith pa tien ts w h o had na rciss is tic
d iso rders .
T h e past qu arte r-cen tu ry h as seen tre -
m end ous ch anges in clin icians ’ a ttitudes
abo u t the types o f pa tien ts w h o can be trea ted
w ith psychoana lys is . In g en era l, th a t a ltered
a ttitude has been ascr ibed to ou r exp an ded
kn ow led ge of cha rac te r struc tu re and psy ch o-
pa tho logy an d our inc rea sed un de rs tan d ing
of ea rly deve lopm en ta l p rocesses and prim i-
tive in te rn alized ob ject rela tion s.
T h e c ru c ial im portance o f h ow th e the r-
ap ist u se s h is ow n co nsc iou s an d uncon sc ious
re sp onses to the p atien t, w he the r psy ch ical o r
so m a tic, v erba l o r non ve rb al, ha s been c lea r ly
recog n ized ; th is reco gn itio n is p ro bab ly due
to th e in creased use o f p sycho an a ly tic p sycho -
the rap y fo r seve re cha rac tero lo g ical, na rc is-
s is tic , and bo rd erline d iso rd ers and p sycho tic
d is tu rb ances , as w e ll a s p sycho som atic an d
a lex ithy m ic d iso rde rs .
T o day it is g ene ra lly accep ted tha t actio n
(a side from verb al sy m bo liza tion ) con stitu te s
an im portan t m ed ium th rou gh w hich th e
ana lysand in d icate s spec ific uncon sc ious
m ean in gs to the ana lyst, as th roug h the ac -
tion s m ed ia ting pro jec tive id en tific a tions,’92# {17 6}
“ ro le re spo nsiven ess ,”2 ’ “evo ca tion by
prox y ,”2 2 and “enac tm en ts .”23 H o w eve r , it is
12 3
le ss w e ll recog n ized th a t m any o f the an aly st’s
m o st cr itic al tran sfe ren ce in te rp re ta tions a re
con veyed to th e an a lysand by m eans o f th e
ana lyst’s in te rp reta tive actio ns tha t have re -
su lted fro m h is p ro cessin g , p rob ab ly p red om -
inan tly unco nsc ious ly , h is in tro jec tion s o f th e
pa tien t’s p ro jectiv e iden tif ica tion s.2 4
S im ila rly , p sy ch oana lysts have changed
the ir v iew o f the ir o w n m etho d . A cco rd ing to
O ’S h au ghn essy ,25 m an y ana lysts no w h o ld
tha t “ instead of be ing abo u t the p atien t’s
in trapsy ch ic d ynam ics, in te rp re ta tion s
sh ou ld be m ad e abou t the in te rac t ion o f p a-
tien t and an aly st a t an in tra psych ic leve l”(p .
281 ; see a lso V o lkan26 ).
H e igh ten ed in te res t in cou n te rtransfer-
ence has p ara lle led the rap id ly ex pand in g
use o f psy ch oana ly tic the rapy fo r seve re ly re -
g re ssed ind iv idu als , n o d oub t in la rge pa rt
because trea tm en t o f pa tien ts w ith p rim itive
d iso rd e rs d em an ds he igh tened un de rs tan d -
ing o f tha t in teractio n .
In the A m erica s, R acke r and B o ye r2 in -
dep en den tly in trodu ced the no tion tha t u n -
reso lved co un te r transfe rence p rob lem s
often p re sen t the p rin cip a l im ped im en t to
the e ffectiv e psychoana ly tic trea tm en t o f se -
ve re ly reg re ssed pa tien ts . T he ir con tribu -
t ions,4 ’9’ 32 in co n jun ctio n w ith th e w o rk o f
G iovacch in i,33 G ro ts te in K ern be rg
S ea rle s ,ss and o the rs , have been cen tra l in
e stab lish in g the con cep tion tha t the un de r-
stand ing o f coun ter tran sfe ren ce in w ork w ith
deep ly reg ressed pa tien ts is o f co m parab le
im p ortan ce to , an d insepa rab le from , th e
ana lysis o f th e tran sfe ren ce.
T h e firs t f ive vo lum es of T he I nd ex o f P sy ch oa na lytic Writings27 lis t 2 9 re fe rences to stu d ie s w hose title s
in clu de th e w o rd counter trancference. T hose vo lu m es lis t writ ings from the o rig in s o f psy ch oana lysis
th ro ugh 1 952 . V o lum es 6 th ro ugh 9 , cov ering 19 53 th roug h 19 60 , lis t 6 1 p ub lica tions th at h av e the
w o r d counter trans ference in the title .28 A part fro m those c ita tion s, such re ferences a re a lm ost no nex is-
ten t in psycho lo g ical lite ra tu re up to 196 0 . B y stark con tra st, a b r ie f rev iew of the title s o f th e psy -
cho log ica l and social w ork lite ratu re o f E urope an d the A m erica s fo r th e y ea rs 1 98 8 throug h 19 91
reveals refe rences in the th ousan ds to p ub lica tion s tha t inc lud e the w ord counter irans ference in th e
title.
T h e L a tin A m e r i c a n , p articu la rly the S o u th A m erican , p sycho an a ly tic lite ratu re , un kno w n to m e
u nti l th e 19 60s , ha s b een rich in stu d ie s o f transfe rence an d coun ter trans fe rence invo lv ing sp lit-
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V O L U M E S {149}U M B E R 2 {149}P R IN G 1 994
1 24 C O U N T E R T R A N S F E R E N C E
H I S T O R Y T o TH E
M ID -T W E N T IE T H C E N T U R Y
T he re is a la rge litera tu re pertain ing to c ou n-
te rtransference reac tion s in th e analyses of
pa tien ts w ith neuro tic d istu rbances, inc lud -
in g a nu m b e r o f rev iews.’3 ’40 3 T he fo llo wing
sec tion , a b rie f h is to ry o f m o re m od ern ideas
in c lu d in g a ttitudes to w ard cou n te rtransfer-
e nc e an d its u se s w i th reg ressed pa tie n ts, is to
b e a dd ed to o the r s tud ie s suc h as th ose o f
B oyer,5 7 E ps tein and Fe ine r , E t c he goye n ,45
a nd S ch arf f.4 #{ 17 6} It m u s t be s tre ssed th at b efo re
the m id -tw en tie th ce n tu ry , very fe w c on tr ib u-
to rs d isag reed w ith the v ie w th at c ou n te r-
tran sfe re nc e w as a n in te rfe ren ce in the
analy t ic pro ce du re . T h ose suc h a s F ere nc z i
w ho c om m u nic a ted th eir e m o tiona l re ac -
t ion s to the ir p atien ts in w ord o r a ctio n w ere
rep rimanded sev ere ly ; se e M . B a lin t (pp .
14 9-156 ) and S t# {2 27} rcke .47
Fre ud in tro duced the te rm coun te r t r ans -
fe rence in th e co n te x t o f d isap p ro va l. A l-
tho ug h the p he no m e no n co n tin ue d to
conce rn h im , he n eve r devo ted a sp ec if ic
stud y to it, n o r w as a th eo ry of cou n te rtran s-
fere n ce elab o ra ted u n til m uc h la ter.
F reu d seld om if eve r to ta lly re nounc e dan y th eo retic a l p os ition h e h a d in tro duc e d .
F o r e x am ple , he c on tin ue d in h is la st w o r k s
to co m b in e th e top og rap h ic a l an d the s tru c-
tu ra l the o rie s a s ex p lan ato ry models .49 W e
sha ll see th at th is ho lds true w ith rega rd to
c oun te rtran sfere nc e as w e ll. H e n ev er re -
can ted h is positio n tha t coun ter tran sfe ren ce
w a s an u nd es ira b le im pe d im e n t . In 1 91 2 , in
a le tte r w ritten to F er en cz i, F re ud 5# {1 76 }m p lie d
th at h is fa ilu re to o ve rco m e h is p os itiv e , pa -
te rn al coun te rtran sfe ren ce h ad m ade im -
p ossib le the in te rp re ta tion to F erenczi o f a
nega tive trans fe rence . F reud m ay h av e been
jok in g w hen in 193 7 h e spo ke o f h is answ er
to a pa tien t’s co m pla in t tha t the m en to r had
no t in terp re ted th e nega tive transfe rence ;
F reu d rep lied th at if it h ad no t been in te rp re -
ted , it h ad no t app ea red .5 ’
H e im ann 52 sug gested tha t F reud’s d is-
cov ery o f re sis tance w as based on h is co un te r-
trans fe ren ce , h is feelin g th at h e w as m eetin g
a re sis tan t fo rce in th e p atien t. I ag ree w ith
G ro ts te in 53 tha t it is m ore p ro fitab le in the ra -
peu tic situa tions to th ink of m any so -ca lled
res is tan ces as com m unica tions , no t o n ly
abo u t th e p re sen t bu t abou t th e past, e sp e-
c ia lly in the case s o f , fo r exam ple , p sychoso -
m atic p rob lem s an d alex ith ym ia .5 I ag ree
a lso w ith D . R osen fe ldM and O gd en ,2 4 w h o
h o ld tha t in trea ting seve rely reg res sed pa -
tien ts it is th e ta sk o f th e ana lyst to con ta in ,
th rou gh the co un te r transfe rence , a p re -
su m ed p ictu re o f the p atien t’s in fan tile past
to be rev is ed during trea tm en t and com m u-
n ica ted to the pa tien t a t ap p ropria te late r
t i m es .
I t is w e ll kno w n tha t F reud ’s c lin ical
fa ilu re s som e tim es w ere the p ro duc ts o f
co un te r transfe rence in te rfe rences.6 7
F reu d in tro duced the w ord counter trans -fe rence w hen w riting tech n ical ad v ice to un an -
aly zed and large ly u n train ed phy sic ian s w h o
w e re p ra c tic ing p sy ch oa n aly s is ; dou b tless he
ho pe d tha t the da ng er o f th e clin ic ia n ’s e m o -
tion a l inv o lve m e n t a nd a cting o u t w ith the
pa tien t cou ld be redu ced . H e d efined co un-
ter tran sfe ren ce as a fun ctio n of the ana ly -
sand , the p ro duc t o f th e in f luence of th e
pa tien t’s ve rba l an d no nve rba l com m uni-
catio ns on the un co nsc iou s o f th e an aly st.
T w o years la te r he5#{ 17 6}pecif ically recom -
m end ed tha t the rap is ts und e rgo tra in in g
tin g and pro jec tive and in tro jec tive id en tific a tion sin ce the ea rly 1 950 s. In 196 6 , in the ir a r ticle
“T h e P sy ch oana ly tic S itu atio n ,” A rlow an d B ren ne r3 7 m ade no d irec t re ference to cou n te rtransfer-
en ce , a lth ou gh it constitu ted the m a in top ic o f the ir A rgen tin ean d iscussan ts .ss
W ald inge r an d G un de rson scarcely m entio n coun ter tran sfe ren ce in th eir recen t Effec t ive
P sycho th erapy w ith the Bo rderline P atien t.
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B O Y E R 1 25
JO U R N A L O F P S Y C H O T H E R A P Y P R A C T IC E A N D R E S E A R C H
analysis: an d th a t the “ the rap is t tu rn h is ow n
uncon sc ious like a recep tive o rgan tow ard s
th e tran sm itting u nconscio us o f th e pa -
t ien t . . .so tha t th e doc to r’s u ncon scio us is
ab le.. .to recon stru ct the pa tien t’s un co n-
sc io us” (pp . 1 15-11 6) . T h is p osition is an
ex am ple o f F reud’s am b iva len ce o r a ref lec-
tio n of h is d ia lec tica l m od e of th ink ing , o f
w h ich h e w as la rge ly uncon sc ious . T h is am -
b iva lence co n tinu es to cha rac ter ize th e d is -
ag reem en t be tw een the c lass ic an d th e
to talis tic ap pro ach es to co un te r transfe rence .
A t the sam e tim e th at F reud insis ts th at the
an aly st b e p urif ied so tha t h e has n o b lind
spo ts , he says tha t the an a ly st’s un co nsc iou s
shou ld be in con tac t w ith tha t o f the ana ly -
san d .
P robab ly h av ing b een in flu enced b y
Jane t w h ile s tudy ing w ith C ha rco t, F reu d w as
m uch in tere sted in the sub jec t o f te lepa thy ,
pub lish ing on rela ted sub jec ts in 189 9 , 1 904 ,
and 1 921 671 S o on afte r the appea ran ce o f
S tekel’s72 The Te lepa th ic D ream , F reud7 3 w ro te
spec ifica lly abou t te lep ath y ; o the r p ub lica -
tions app eared in 1 925 and 193 3 . In h is
ear lie st a r ticle on telepa thy , F reud7 ’ w ro te ,
Psychoanalysts. . . stud y o ccu lt m a teria l
o n ly b eca use th ey h ope tha t th is w ou ld
enab le them to e lim in ate once and fo r
al l th e c rea tion s o f th e h um an w ish fro m
the rea lm o f m ate r ial rea lity . .. . If, in the
cou rse o f h is w o rk , [ the p sycho an a lyst] is
o n the lo oko u t fo r o ccu lt ph en om en a,
h e run s the risk o f ove rlook ing every-
th in g w h ich is c lose r a t hand . .. . T he
a nalyst’s se lf-d isc ip line can p ro te ct h im
a gainst the su b jec tiv e risk o f hav ing his
in te rest ab sorbed by oc cu lt phe no m e na.
T h ing s are d ifferen t , ho w e ver , as reg ard s
the ob jec tive dange r . It is p ro bab le tha t
th e stu dy of occ u lt p hen om en a w il l resu lt
in the a dm ission that so m e o f th ese phe -
n om ena are real .. .. “ (p . 58 )
H is a ttitu des d id n o t chang e in subse-
quen t a rtic le s . E isenbu d ,77 in h is su rv ey of
F reud ’s con tribu tions to psy ch oana lysis an d
te lepa thy , sum m arized F reud ’s po sition :
W ha t F reud says , in e ffec t, is : “D isto r tion
o f pe rcep tio n is on e of the cha rac te ris tics
o f m en ta l fu nc tion in g d om in ated by u n-
con sc ious need s. B u t th is d is to r tion is
purposefu l and o ccurs a long d ynam ic ,
d ete rm in istic line s. T h e re is no reaso n to
supp ose tha t te lep ath ic p erc ep t ion s
shou ld b e free from th is un iv ersa l effec t.”
(p .9 )
T he Te lepa th icDream w as based on S teke l’s
d ream s w h ile w o rk ing w ith neuro tic pa tien ts ,
d ream s th at today w ou ld b e stron g ly su s-
pected of be in g assoc ia ted w ith co un te r trans-
fe ren ce p henom en a .3 2 ’5 961 78 H ow eve r, a
fo o tno te to F reud ’s 192 2 a r tic le ack now l-
edg in g h is aw areness o f S tek el’s boo k m akes
no a llu sion to cou n te rtransference . In a ll o f
F reud ’s com m unica tions the qu es tion o f the
v alid ity o f ex tra senso ry pe rcep tio n rem a ined
op en . O dd ly , the w ord counter trans ferencedoes
no t ap pea r in any o f F reud’s com m un ica tion s
dea ling w ith telepa thy an d the occu lt. O n e
w on de rs w he the r F reud thou gh t, p erhaps u n-
consc iou sly , th at telep ath y con stitu ted som e
a sp ec t o f tra ns fe re nc e- co un te rtra ns fe re nc e
in te rac tions. S u re ly m any o th er ana lysts
have im plied the ir s im ila r be lief , nam e ly tha t
T he re seem s am p le ev id en ce tha t F reud , a t lea st a t tim es, h ad d is ap po in ting c lin ica l resu lts be -
cause o f un re so lved cou n te rtransference p ro b lem s.67 M ay h as sug gested tha t F reud ’s fo rm ula -
tion s, techn iq ue , and sty le d em ons tra ted in th e case h isto ry o f th e W o lf M an w ere large ly p ro duc ts
o f un ana lyzed tran sfe ren ce -co un te r transfe rence pheno m ena .
E x cerp ts o f h is firs t tw o a rtic le s and h is la st th ree con trib u tion s appea r in D eve reux .7 6
It w as lon g co m m on for m any K le in ia n p syc hoa na lysts, p articu larly in L atin A m eric a , suc h a s
G ar m a7 9 a nd G oldbe rg ,8#{ 17 6} to sp eak of pro jec tiv e iden tificat ion a s co nsti tu t ing the pa tie n t’s actu al
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1 26 C O U N T E R T R A N S F E R E N C E
V O L U M E S {149}U M B E R 2 {149}P R IN G 19 94
un co nsc iou s com m un icatio n in vo lves ex tra -
senso ry pe rcep tio n . In h is su m m ary of th e
th eo ries o f Is tv#{225}nH ol l#{243}s ,D ev ere u x76 w rite s ,
“ T e lep a th ic inc ide n ts be ca m e e spe cia lly nu -
m ero us du rin g a d ifficu lt p eriod in the
ana lyst’s life” (p . 20 0), su re ly link ing th em
w ith coun te rtran sfe ren ce , alth oug h th e w o rd
w as no t u sed b y H oll# {24 3} so r D eve reu x in th is
con tex t .
A na lysts h av e lo ng b een co nce rn ed w ith
the m ean s by w h ich th e psych o log ica l a ttr i-
bu tes o f o ne pe rson a re assum ed by ano the r.
M an y , fo llow ing F reu d’s82 lead , h av e w ritten
abou t the in fluence of pa tien ts’ in tro jec tio n
of ana lysts’ a ttr ibu tes on the transfe rence re -
la tionsh ip . F en iche l83 w as th e firs t to n o te tha t
ana lysts’ coun ter tran sfe ren ces a re large ly d e-
term in ed b y th e in f luences on the ir uncon -
sc ious conflic ts o f in tro jectio ns o f p atien ts’
a ttribu te s-a frequen tly a ff irm ed obse rva -
t ion .8486
M eltze r87 (p . 14 ) called in tro jec tion “ the
m o st im po rtan t and m y ster iou s concep t in
psy cho-an a lysis” and said w e have n o t ye t de -
sc rib ed the p rocess by w hich the ch ild ’s expe -
rien ce o f the ex te rn al ob jec t is taken in .
M en z i e sL y thss ad ded , “in tro jec tion and in -
tro ject have in no w ay fo und in the p sycho -ana ly tical lite ra tu re a p lace co m parab le to
p ro jec tion and pro ject” (p . 1 ). S he agrees
w ith M eissne r an d cou n tle ss o the rs in no t-
ing tha t “P ro jectio n tu rns o u t to b e m ore
exc iting , m o re inn ova tive , m ore illum in a t-
ing , to our und e rstand ing o f norm a l an d
pa tho log ica l deve lop m en t” (p . 3 ) . H in ting ,
pe rhaps, a t a reason th a t m an y ana lysts h ave
been so relu ctan t to study cou n te rtran sfe r-
ence, p re fe rring instead to in vestiga te “in -
tu itio n” an d “enac tm en t,” M en zie s-L y th
sug gests th at th e in tro jec tive p rocess has
been und erinv estig a ted becau se o f in te rfe r-
ence fro m the effec ts o f th e pa tien t’s se lec tive
in tro jec tion of the an aly st’s na rciss ism .
S cha rff4 #{1 76}w ou ld ad d tha t th e an aly st’s na rcis -
s ism m ay affec t w ha t the pa tien t f inds ava il-
ab le fo r in tro jec tion , su ggesting tha t “ the
ana lyst censo rs th e in tro jec tive p rocess be -
fo re and afte r it occu rs , becau se it is g ra tify in g
insid e the se lf” (p . 52 ).
T h e stud y of in tro jec tion , w h ich has p ro -
ceeded fro m th e b eg inn ings o f psy ch oana ly -
sis , ha s d e te rm ined th at the m eans b y w hich
the an alys t a nd th e an alysan d m ay in tro je ct
the o th er’s q ua lities a re leg io n . In T he P sycho -
pa tho logy of E veryday L [e , F r eu d 9 # { 1 7 6 } o m m en t ed
on sen so ry prefe rence in re ferrin g to fo rm s
of m em o ry , an d in Ins tinc ts and The ir V icis si-
tudd2 h e no ted th at eve ry pe rcep tive m o de
is re la ted to in tro jec tion . In 191 7 , he in tro -
du ced th e co ncep t o f o ral inco rpora tion as a
step in iden tif ica tion , a s d id A brah am 92 w ith
ana l in co rp oratio n , a ff irm ing the in fe ren ces
o f van O p hu ijs en 93 an d S t#{2 27} rcke ,47 w h o had
w ritten in dependen tly o f th e en em a as th e
in fan tile p ro to type of the p arano id ’s equa -
tion of pe rsecu to r and feces. A braham 92
fo und ep id e rm a l inco rpo ra tion to co rre -spo nd to feces-sm earing ; la ter L ew in9 4 v iew ed
it to be an eq u iva len t o f o ra l inco rpo ra tion .
L eo na rd9 5 w ro te o f v isu al inco rporatio n .
F en iche l83 m ade re sp ira to ry inco rpora tio n a
spec ia l s tu dy an d sta ted tha t th e re sp ira to ry
trac t h as an au ton om o us e ro tog en icity . It is
com m on kno w led ge th at eve ry p e rcep tive
m o d e can a lso be used in the se rv ice o f p ro -
jec tion ; M a lco lm w ro te o f th e u se o f v ision
fo r the a ttem p ted un ifica tio n o f fragm en ted
in te rn a l ob jec ts .
ra ther than fan ta sied p ro jec tion in to the ana ly st, a p henom en on tha t su re ly re sem ble s te lep ath y .
T h is m a te ria l h as been rev iew ed a t g rea t leng th in D eve reux ,7 6 w h ere relevan t a r ticle s b y H e len e
D eu tsch , H itschm an n , R # {24 3}h eim ,S ch ilde r, Z u llig er , and o the rs are rep ub lished and the E isen bud -
P ede rson -K rag -F odo r-E llis con trov ersy is rev iew ed , an d in V olu m e 1 0 of C on fro nta tio n: T ele pa th ie,8 ’
w h ere sev era l o f those artic les an d m ore recen t con tribu tions by B ergson , C o sta d e B eaurega rd ,
D err ida , D um as, F a rre ll, M ign o tte , and o the rs a re rep rin ted .
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JO U R N A L O F P S Y C H O T H E R A P Y P R A C T IC E A N D R E S E A R C H
B O V E R
It has lon g been as sum ed tha t coun ter-
transfe rences a re de term in ed large ly by the
ana lyst’s in tro jec tion o f qu alitie s o f the p a-
tien t th at co m e in to con tac t w ith th e
the rap ist’s un re so lved in fan tile con flic ts (see
F ede rn ,84 F en iche l, an d F liess ss). In G iov ac -
ch in is ,ss O g den’s ,2 4 S ea rles ’s , an d V o lkan’s26
ex pe rience and m y ow n,’7 ’# {17 6} b o th the m ost
effec tive in te rp reta tion s and the recove ry o f
th e m o st relevan t rep re ssed m em orie s a re
freq uen tly b ased on in fo rm a tion ga the red
th rou gh coun te rtran sfe ren ce reac tio ns, th at
is , in te rp re ting th ro ugh th e co un te r transfe r-
en ce . U n til the past few yea rs , in te rp re ting
th rou gh the coun ter tran sfe ren ce appea rs to
have b een ve ry unu sua l in the p ractice o f
N o rth A m erican ana lysts . In fac t, it m ay h av e
been lim ited to th e ana lysts c ited ab ove . B u t
it w as no t un co m m o n am ong neo-K le in ians,
as illu strated by the case h is to rie s selec ted by
Sp i l l iu s .98 ’
T he re w ere alm ost no d irec t s tud ies o f
co un ter trans fe rence fo r ap prox im ate ly fo rty
yea rs fo llo w in g th e in tro duc tion of the te rm .
T o m y k now ledg e, th e f irs t to sugg est th a t the
an a lyst’s reac tion s to th e p atien t’s p rod uc -
tio ns co u ld be used as he lp fu l d ata w as H ann -
K en de ,’ w ho w as fo llow ed by S trachey’#{ 176 }’w ith h is concep t o f th e “m uta tiv e in te rp re ta-
tion ,” w h ich w as la te r red is co ve red by
Kohu t . ’#{176}2
A lth oug h coun ter tran sfe ren ce w as no t
inv es tiga ted , cu rio sity abou t “ in tu ition ” w as
activ e, a s it is today . T hro ug hou t h is w orks,
Reik ’#{176} #{176}5nd ica ted th at if th e ana lys t h as a
recep tive a ttitu de and trusts in tu ition m o re
than m ere rea so n ing , he w ill be su rp ris ed
w ith a su dden u nde rstan d ing o f a m essag e
fro m th e ana lysan d’s un co nsc iou s, an in tu -
itiv e g ra sp from uncon sc ious to u nconscio us,
a s F reud5 082 ind ica ted p rev io usly . W hen
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R eik ’#{1 76} 6m en tio ns co un te r transfe rence , he
v iew s it a s a re sis tance and does n o t in d ica te
tha t th e ana lyst’s re spo nse is n ourish ed by a
con flic t o f h is ow n . S im ila rly , W . R e ich ’#{ 176 }7
refe rs to h is ow n affec tive reac tion s as
in tu itions . R acke r3 #{ 176 } w ou ld call them co un-
te rtransferen tia l reactio ns, and E tch eg oyen 45
w ro te , “ the ana lyst’s m itierconsis ts in lis ten ing
to and sc ru tin iz ing h is co un te r transfe r-
e nc e -tha t is h is in tu ition” (p . 16 3 ).
A n aly sts h av e so ugh t to un de rstand w ha t
con stitu te s R eik ’s ’#{ 17 6}4“ lis ten in g w ith the th ird
ea r,” o r Isakow er’s “ana lyz ing instrum en t.”
S p ieg el’#{ 176 }8 n oted tha t ana lys t and an aly sand
o pe ra te in s im ila r sta te s o f m ind (free -floa t-
in g a tten tion an d free asso c iatio n , re spec -
tiv ely ) and tha t the re su ltan t conv ersa tion is
u n iqu e to p sychoan aly sis . B a lte r et a l.’# {17 6} 9p eak
of the ana lyz ing instrum en t a s op era ting
w ith in a su bsys tem of the ego o f th e ana lys t,
w ho “is m o re like ly to p e rce ive co nnec tions
be tw een w ords, id eas and im ages w hich a re
th e p rod uc ts o f th e pa tien t’s p r im ary proces s,
becau se h is sub system is in p art freed fro m
th e con stra in ts o f secon da ry process th in k -
ing , reality te sting , and so on ” (p p . 490 -49 1) .
T hey n o te “ the reg res sion in the (ego) sub -
sys tem of the an aly st is e ssen tia lly o f the sam ena tu re a s tha t w h ich ob ta ins in the su bsy stem
of the ana lysand ” (p . 48 6).
M E L A N IE K L E IN ’S
C 0 N T R I B U T I 0 N
T he vast m a jo rity o f tod ay ’s au tho rs w ho w rite
abo u t transfe rence -cou n te rtransference in -
te rac tions u se o ne or an o the r ve rsio n of
K le in ’s”0 co ncep ts o f sp litting an d pro jec tive
and in tro jec tive id en tific a tion” in th eir a t-
tem pts to un de rs tan d th e pheno m ena . T h is
is true w he the r the ir d om in an t o rien ta tion
A s does O gden ,” I use the term pro jec t ive identi f ica tion to re fe r to a w ide ran ge o f p sycho local-
in te rp erso na l ev en ts , inc lud in g the ea rlie st fo rm s o f m othe r-in fan t com m un ica tio n (B ion ’ ) , fan ta-
sied co erc ive incu rsion s in to and occup atio n o f th e pe rsona lity o f ano the r pe rson , sch izoph ren ic
co nfu sion al s ta te s (R ose nfe ld” 3), an d hea lthy “em p a th ic sh a ring ” (P ick”4) .
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1 28 C O U N T E R T R A N S F E R E N C E
s te m s fro m th e id ea s a b ou t ob jec t re la tio ns
de riv ing from th e stru ctu ra l theo ry o r fro m
theories o f the B ritish Ind ependen t S cho o l.
A ltho ugh M elan ie K le in h erse lf f irm ly he ld
the trad itio na l v ie w tha t co un tertra nsfe ren c e
constitu ted so le ly a n o bs ta cle to tre a tm e n t
(G rossku rth ,” 5 pp . 37 8 -3 79 ), ac c o rd ing to
O ’S ha ug hn essy ,2 5 “ he r w o rk h as b ee n the
m o st po w e rfu l s ing le in flu en ce fo r” the “sh ift
o f pe rsp e ctiv e ” (p . 281 ) tha t ha s le d to in te r-
p re ta tion s no w b eing d irec te d tow a rd the in -
tera c tion o f p atien t an d a na lys t a t a n
in trap sych ic leve l. T h is sh if t ha s p o ten tia ted
m od ern un de rs tan d ing of coun ter trans fe r-
e nc e , w ith its em ph as is o n the p os it ive th e ra-
pe u tic u ses o f the an aly s t’s re a ction s to the
pa tien t’s ve rb al and no nve rba l p rod uc tion s .
O bvio usly , th e im po rtance o f B ion’s”2 e x te n -
s ion o f K le in ’s w o rk m ust b e re co gn iz ed a s
w ell: h e fo un d p ro je c tive ide n tifica tio n to b e
no t on ly a de fense m echan ism , bu t a lso an
in fan t’s firs t w ay o f com m un ica ting w ith its
ob jec ts , an d h e p osited the ro le o f the m o the r
and the ana lys t a s m e tabo lizin g co n ta ine rs
(see also W m nico tt”6”7 ) .
A s ea rly as 196 1 , S to ne”8 ascr ibed to th e
neo-K le in ian R acke r’s 32 w o rk a gro w ing ap -
p rec ia tion o f th e co un te r transfe rence as ana ff irm a tiv e in stru m en t tha t fac ilita te s pe rcep -
tion . In R a ck er’s v iew , c ou n te rtra nsfe ren ce
enhances aw areness o f th e an a ly st’s inc ip ien t
reactio ns to the p a tien t and lead s to a riche r
an d m ore sub tle u nd ers ta nd ing o f th e
pa tien t’s transfe rence str iv ing . M o re recen t
K le in ian con trib u to rs to th is are a o f analy t ic
th ou gh t inc lu de G rinbe rg ,” 2 ’ Jose ph ,’”
M eltze r,’2 25 M oney-K yrle,’26 O ’S h au gh-
n es sy , an d S eg al.’
T hrou gh th e inc lu sion of v iew s of co un-
te r transfe rence to be d iscussed be low , th e
p sycho an a ly tic trea tm en t o f reg re ssed p a-
tien ts is b ecom ing revo lu tion ized in N orth
A m erica , desp ite the seem ing ly adam an t op -
p ositio n o f m any H artm ann -in f luenced ego
p sycho log is ts w ho a lso op pose reg re ssion to
p rim itive sta tes d u ring trea tm en t.”
C O U N T E R T R A N S F E R E N C E
A N D IN T R O JE C T IO N S IN C E
M I 0 C E N T U H Y
I tu rn n ow to th e d efin itio n o f coun ter t rans-
fere nc e a s it is u sed h ere and a h isto ry o f the
d eve lopm en t o f tha t v iew . M y con cep t o f
tran sference-coun ter tran sfe ren ce fo llo w s
con cep t o f the con stan t in -
te rp lay be tw een ana lyst an d an aly sand tha t
in vo lv es the ir m u tua l in tro jec tion of the
o the r’s p ro jec tive iden tif ica tion s. R eg ard in g
co un te rtransfe rence , p ro jec tiv e id en tific a -
tio n fun ctio ns as a m eans o f com m unica tion ,
o f le a rn in g from the pa tie n t w ha t he ca nn o t
th ink co nsc iou sly . T h e an a lyst seeks to fin d
w ord s to fo rm a bridge be tw een th e sub jec tive
s tate s o f the ana lyst and the pa tien t w h ile
u nde rstand in g th at th e space tha t sepa ra te sth em is th e m ost po te n tia lly po w erfu l link
b etw een the pa tien t’s d issoc ia ted sta te s .
F a im berg ’3 9 a rgues tha t w h at the an a ly -
sa nd c an no t sa y th rou gh pa rap raxes, d ream s ,
silences, an d sym ptom s can be h ea rd o n ly
from the coun ter tran sfe ren ce positio n o f the
ana lys t. A s B rom berg ’4 #{1 76} sugg es ts , w h en w ords
a re foun d an d n eg o tia ted , they can beco m e
p art o f the p atien t’s creativ e e ffo r t to sym bo l-
ize an d en un cia te in w o rd s w ha t he had n o
A sim ila r revo lu tion is gain ing im pe tus am o ng th e th in k ing an d fie ld techn iq ues o f inv estig ato rs o f
pe rso na lity deve lop m en t. O v er 30 yea rs passed b etw een th e w ritin g and th e pu b licatio n of
D eve reu x’s’2 8 land m ark From Anx iety to M ethod in th e Beha vio ra l S c ien ces because he in trod uced th e
unp opu lar them e of cou n te rtransference d isto r tions in to an th rop o log ical fie ldw ork , a s had R acke r
an d B oye r in to psy ch oana ly tic trea tm en t. S ince th en , th e und e rstand ing and even the techn ique of
fie ldw ork h ave b een heav ily in f luenced by psy ch oana ly tica lly kn ow ledgeab le an th rop o log ists w h o
are tak ing in to acc oun t the effects o f cou nte rtra nsfere nce (see C rapanzano ,’ G o od e t a l.
K rack e,’ R . L ev ine ,’3 2 S . L ev ine ,’3 3 P a rsons ,’T M S tein ,’35 and T ob in15.
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B O Y E R
w ay of exp re ssin g . H e fin ds th at the pa tien t is
no t in n eed o f ins ig h t tha t w ill co rrect fau lty
rea lity , b u t, ra the r , need s a re la tionsh ip w ith
ano th er pe rson th rou gh w hich w o rd s can be
foun d fo r th at w h ich has no ve rb al lan gu ag e.
A s he fin ds w ords tha t rep re sen t h is exp eri-
ence, he “kn ow s h im se lf.” E . B alin t’4 ’ ad ds
tha t a s th e p atien t kno w s abou t m utu al expe -
rience , he k no w s abou t the ana ly st, too . S he
ho ld s th at in th e transfe rence -cou n te rtran s-
ference rela tion sh ip , ano the r pe rson is th e re
to enab le the pa tien t to pu t h im se lf toge the r ,
p rov id ed the ana lyst can u se h is em otio na l
resp onses to the pa tien t’s com m un ica tion s
w itho u t coun te rtran sfe ren ce d isto rtio n ;
O gden2 4 w o u ld ad d tha t w ith som e p atien ts
the an aly st’s in terp re tive actio ns a re o f m ore
use than h is w ords .
A m ajo r th read in the deve lopm en t o f
ana ly tic un de rstand ing of th e in te rd ep end-
ence of trans fe ren ce an d cou n te rtransfer-
ence em erged fro m W in n ico tt’s ideas
conce rn ing the in te rdependence o f the su b-
jec tiv itie s o f m oth er an d in fan t”7 an d the
c rea tion o f a “ th ird a rea o f ex pe rienc ing ” in
the po ten tia l space “th at ex ists (bu t cann o t
ex ist) be tw een the baby an d th e ob ject” ’42 (p .
1 07) . Su bsequ en t au th o rs have sig n if ican tly
expand ed the u nde rstand in g o f th e ana ly tic
p rocess as tak ing p lace in th e “ov e rlap o f tw o
a reas o f p lay ing , tha t o f the pa tien t an d tha t
o f the the rap ist” (W inn ico tt,’42 p . 38 ;
O gden’43 ). W inn ico tt’ h eld the re to b e “no
such th in g as an in fan t (apa rt from th e m a-
terna l p rov ision )” (p . 39 fn ) , and O g den b e-
liev es the re to be n o such th ing as an
ana lysand ap art from the re latio nsh ip w ith
the ana lyst o r th ere to b e an ana ly st apa rt
from his re latio nsh ip w ith th e an aly sand .
O gden2 4”45 h as deve loped th e co ncep t o f the
ana ly tic th ird . H e w rites ,
the in te rsu b jectiv e en tity d esc r ibed as
th e a nalyst-ana lysand co ex ists in d ia lect i-
c al ten sio n w ith the ana lys t and a naly-
sand as se para te ind iv id uals w ith th eir
ow n th oug h ts , fee lings , sensa tion s, co r-
po ral re ali ty , p syc ho log ical ide n ti ty a nd
129
so on . N eith er th e in te rsu b je ctiv ity o f th e
m othe r-in fan t n o r th at o f the an a lyst-
ana lysan d (a s sepa ra te p sycho log ica l en -titie s) ex ists in pure fo rm . T h e
in tersub jectiv e and the in d iv id ua lly su b-
jec tive each c rea te, n eg ate an d pre se rve
the o th er . In b o th the re la tion sh ip o f
m othe r and in fan t an d th e re latio nsh ip
o f ana lyst and ana lysan d , the ta sk is no t
to tea se ap art the elem en ts constitu ting
the re la tionsh ip in an e ffo r t to d ete r-
m ine w h ich qua lities b elo ng to ea ch in-
d iv idua l pa rtic ipa ting in it; ra ther , from
th e po in t o f v iew o f th e d ia lec tica l in ter-
d ep endence of sub jec t and ob jec t, the
ana ly tic ta sk inv o lves an e ffo r t to d e-
scr ibe as fu lly a s one can th e sp ec if ic
n atu re o f the in te rp lay o f ind iv idua l su b -
je ctiv ity a nd in te rs ub je ctiv ity .’ 45
T h e G add in is’ 49 and B oy er’5 0 have d is-
cu ssed and dem o nstrated w ith case ex am ples
the em ergence o f w ords fro m the psy -
ch esom a d uring com plem en ta ry reg re ssion
of pa tien t an d the rap ist.
I t is h eld h ere th at w ha teve r the an a lyst
ex pe riences du rin g th e ana ly tic s ess ion con -
stitu te s h is id iosy nc ra tic in tro jectio n of the
pa tien t’s ve rb a l and non ve rb al com m un ica -
tions, co n ta in ing the pa tien t’s p ro jec tion s
and the an aly st’s p redom inan tly uncon sc ious
reactio ns to th ose in tro jec tion s. In add ition ,
the ana lyst ex ists as a pa rt o f th e ana ly tic th ird ,
expe rien cin g and sim ultaneous ly obse rv ing
h im se lf , th e ana lysand , and the an aly tic th ird
as th ey in te rac t w ith o ne an o the r . W e sho u ld
no t be m isled in to th in k ing ou r stray , app ar-
en tly u nrela ted thou gh ts , fan ta sie s , an d phy s-
ica l o r em otio na l reactio ns can be d ism issed
as id le p reo ccu pa tions , tak ing u s aw ay fro m
the busin es s a t h an d , in te rfer ing w ith o ur
free-flo a tin g or ev en ly ho ve rin g atten tio n .
D row siness is a reac tion of the an aly st tha t
has been d ism is sed often as irre levan t o r e x -
p la inab le fo r “ra tiona l” re aso ns . M cL au gh lin ’5 ’
an d o the rs have em ph as ized its co un ter trans -
fe ren ce im plica tions , an d B oye r”#{1 76} i llu strated
how sleep in ess p rov ided h igh ly im po rtan t clu es
to p atien ts’ uncon sc ious con flic ts .
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1 30 C O U N T E R T R A N S F E R E N C E
It is ob v iou s tha t the an aly st’s p reva iling
em otio na l sta te an d ind iv idua l co nflicts ,
rep re ssed o r o the rw ise , w ill de te rm ine h is
deg ree o f op enness to th e an aly san d’s p ro jec -
t ions.
T he m en ta l se t o f th e ana lyst is f irm ly
em bedd ed in h is life h isto ry , w h ich w ill in f lu -
ence stro ng ly h is recep tiv ity . T o c ite a few
exam ples w ill su ff ice . M y life lon g expe rien ces
w ith psycho tic p eo p le h ave cond itioned m e
to b e automatica lly aw are o f ve ry early stag es
o f reg res sion as po ssib ly p rem o n ito ry o f psy -
cho tic o u tb reak . H ere I no te o n ly su b tle m an -
ife sta tion s, leav in g asid e such obv ious even ts
a s slip s o f the tong ue and the in se rtion in to
speech o r ac tion o f fa lse m em ories o r o f fan -
ta sies m om en ta r ily he ld to b e facts . W h en a
pe rson w ho regu la rly uses goo d g r a m m a r be -
g in s to u se p ron oun s inco rrec tly , such as say -
ing “to h im an d I, ” I beco m e ale r ted and keep
track of po ssib le repe titions an d the circum -
stances in w hich th ey o ccur . F requ en tly , m y
even tua lly callin g th e ana lysan d’s a tten tion to
the e rroneo us use o f (fo r in stance ) I rather
than m e le ads to h is aw aren es s tha t h is in co r-
rec t use o f I signa ls a p o ten tia l p ro fou nd
reg re ssion , a speak ing from a positio n in
w hich he h ad no t ye t becom e d iffe ren tia tedin to an land a m e (see E . B a lin t’52 ). S im ila r ly ,
w hen an ana lysand beg ins to u se sca to lo g ical
langu ag e, I am esp ec ia lly aw are o f re levan t
bod ily sen sa tions and th e ir p o ten tia l m ean-
ings.
W e a ll kn ow o f F reud ’s’53 ho ld ing th at
som e dream s canno t be in te rp re ted o n the
basis o f th e pa tien t’s a ssoc ia tions , y et tha t th e
ana lyst is cer ta in tha t he und erstand s sign if i-
can t e lem en ts . M y m any yea rs o f fie ld re -
search in an th ro po lo gy and stu dy of fo lk lo re
and the c ro ss-cu ltu ra l u se o f the R orschach
T est’ 5 0 have led m e , in ag reem en t w ith
F reud , to be lieve f i rmly tha t each sym b ol has
a t leas t on e b asic m ean in g , appa ren tly in -
bo rn , in ad d ition to w h ateve r ad d ition a l
m ean ings have b een add ed b y lea rn ing . M y
au tom atic sub lim ina l tho ugh t, “fem a le-
m oth er ,” w hen a pa tien t b egan to b e preoc -
cu p ied w ith th e w ood o f fu rn itu re near h im
in the co nsu ltatio n roo m , led m e to m ak e an
in terp re tatio n tha t bo th relieved m y inne r
ten sion an d lif ted h im fro m a deep , sud den
psy ch o tic reg re ssion (B o ye r,7 pp . 121 -1 37) .
A u tom atica lly th in k ing o f sib ling riv alry
w hen pa tien ts beg in to ta lk o f tiny an im als o r
in sects ,’T M o r C h ris tm as o r E aste r,’ o f ten
leads to a q u ickened in tro jectio n and und er-
s tan d ing of a p ro jec tion .
T he an a lyst’s in vo lv em en t in h is coun ter-
transference m ay prove d is trac ting at tim es,
e sp ec ia lly w hen h is pa tien ts succeed each
o the r w ith on ly a few m in u te s’ b reak be tw een .
I t m ay be d ifficu lt fo r th e an a ly st to m ak e th e
in terna l ch an ges req u isite fo r und isto r ted
p e rcep tion of th e conflic ts and em o tiona l
sta tes o f the second pa tien t w ho en te rs the
co nsu lta tion room . T h is is m ore true if the
p a tien ts’ cha rac te ro lo g ica l s truc tu res and the
co n tem po ra ry na tu re o f th e transference -
co un te rtransfe rence re la tion sh ips a re
similar .
F o r ex am ple , tw o w om en had su ffe red
s im ila rly seve re ly trau m a tic in fanc ie s and
ch ild ho ods, an d each had u nde rgon e fre -
q uen t ca ta tono id ep isodes, in vo lv ing in tense
w ithd raw a l and ob v iou sly psy ch o tic th ink ing ,
u n til they lef t h om e to a tten d schoo l. S ub se-q uen tly , each w ithd rew fro m s tre ssfu l s itu a-
tio ns, hav in g sim ilar ep isodes tha t m igh t las t
fo r days o r w eek s. N eith er h ad been ho sp ita l-
ized , bu t bo th h ad u nde rgon e rep eated psy -
ch o the rap y an d p sychoan aly sis in th e ca re o f
h igh ly respected tra in in g ana lys ts in N orth
A m erica . N e ithe r con side red h er ana lyse s to
h ave b een u sefu l c lin ically ; each had stop ped
th em vo lun ta r ily w hen th e ana lysts w o u ld no t
a llow reg re ssion in the serv ice o f trea tm en t.
A n ex trem e exam p le fo llow s. W hen o ne of
th ese pa tien ts a sked he r an aly st w hy she w as
b e ing d iscourag ed from a ttem pting to re-
co ve r fan ta sie s tha t had im m edia tely p re -
ceded a fr igh ten in g d issoc iated sta te du ring
th erapy , th e an aly st to ld h e r th at the recov ery
o f the fan tas ies m igh t lead to he r su ic ide . It
w as m ore usu al fo r th e ana lyst to d iscou rage
co ve rtly th e p a tien t’s a ttem pt to reg re ss , u su -
a lly by ask ing q uestions tha t changed the
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sub ject ; it has lo ng b een com m on kn ow ledge
tha t the the rap ist o ften seek s to re lieve h is
o w n anx iety in th is w ay .’58
W inn ico tt’4 2 an d O gden ’5 6 ’ have
stre ssed the need fo r the ana lys t to allo w the
ex is ten ce o f po ten tia l space in w hich c rea tiv -
ity can occur , and B io n’62 the need fo r th e
ana lys t to en te r in to a “reve rie” a llo w in g a
sim ila r deve lopm en t. I f ind tha t m y m o st ex -
h ilara ting an d p ro duc tive p eriod s in w ork ing
w ith reg res sed pa tien ts o ccu r du ring tho se
unu sua l occasio ns w hen , w h ile in a slig h t sta te
o f reve rie , I p lay W inn ico tt’s’49 ”6 3 “squ ig g le
gam e” w ith th e pa tien t. W e d o no t use p enc ils
bu t in stead create o ur “d raw in gs” v e rba lly
th ro ugh assoc iatin g to each o the r’s a ssoc ia -
tio ns. It is a t th ese tim es tha t the th ink ing o f
bo th ana lysand an d ana lyst m ost ea sily and
und erstandab ly sw itch es w itho u t conflic t to
the sim u ltan eo us use o f th e au tis tic -co n tigu -
ous , sch izo -pa ran o id , and depre ssive m o des
o f gene ra ting exp e rience (O gden’6 ’). It is
dou b tfu l tha t such an in te rchang e cou ld take
p lace in a th erapeu tic endeavor in w h ich the
an a ly tic fram e h ad no t b een con sisten tly
m a in ta ined ; no r w ou ld it be like ly if the the r-
ap ist w as u ncom fortab le , p resum ab ly b e-
cause o f anx ie ty conce rn ing h is ow n
agg re ssive o r lib id ina l u rg es, du rin g the
pa tien t’s som etim es psy ch o tic reg re ssion s.”
E sp ec ia lly im po rtan t in th is in te rchang e
a re th e d is tin c tive fea tu res o f the depres sive
po sition as “ the in teg ra tion o f pa rt o b jec ts to
fo rm th e w h o le ob jec t an d the p ain fu l reco g-
n itio n by th e in d iv id ua l tha t h is fee ling s o f
13 1
lov e and h ate a re d irected to the sam e , w ho le
o b ject. T h e them e o f con ce rn fo r the ob jec t
is cen tra l to th e idea” (S p illiu s ,9 8 p . 4 ). T h ere
is a lso recog n ition of the ob jec t’s sepa rate -
n ess and the in tr in sic re la tionsh ip be tw een
the d ep re ssiv e positio n , sy m bo lic tho ugh t,
and c rea tiv ity A t such tim es
b o th ana lysand an d ana lys t re ta in su ffic ien t
o b jectiv ity tha t a p art o f the ir m in ds can ob -
se rve the in te rp lay am ong p rim itiv e m en tal
func tion s. D uring such a pe rio d , o ne o f the
fem a le p atien ts m en tio ned ab ove laug hed
alo ud and said if an y o the r ana lyst sh e kn ew
lis tened in on our con ve rsa tion , he o r she
w o u ld su re ly deem us m ad .”””
F or a few m on ths, the se tw o p atien ts ’
ses sions w ere co nsecu tive o ne d ay each w eek ;
the ir o th er fou r hou rs w ere at sep a ra te tim es
o f the day . D uring tha t few m onth s’ p e riod ,
each h ad brave ly reg res sed to a p rim itive state
du ring he r in te rv iew s; th is reg re ssion b o th
fr igh ten ed an d g rea tly en co urag ed each be -
cau se sh e deem ed it a neces sary re liv in g in
th e se rv ice o f he r ana lysis . F o r sev era l days,
each o f them h ad been p lay in g a ve rba l sq u ig -
g le gam e w ith m e . O ur in te rac tion s c rea ted a
sta te tha t w e fou nd to be sim ila r to the p o ten -
tia l space o f w h ich W in n ico tt an d O g den
w ro te, w ith in w h ich c rea tions occu r w hen
m oth er an d in fan t are p rope rly a ttuned . I t is
m y im p ressio n th at m an y ana lysts becom e
un easy w ith the o nse t o f reve rie and seek to
term in ate the state .
O n e n igh t, a fte r one o f th e w om en and I
had expe rien ced su ch an ep iso de , I d ream ed
I a m un able to ci te an e xam ple be cau se at suc h tim es I am q uite lost in m y in te rac tion w ith the
a nalysa nd and c ann ot kee p d ep end able no tes .
A lthou gh th is in te rch ang e betw ee n the a nalyst and the a nalysa nd ca n b e tho ugh t o f a s fre ely inv o lv -
ing co m b ina tion s o f p rim ary a nd sec on dary pro ces s th ink ing ,’6 7 v iew ing th e in te rch ang e in th ese
term s fai ls to con ve y th e richn ess im p lied in O gde n’s th re e m od es o f exp erienc e.’6 ’
E xcep t fo r the pe riods o f reve rie du ring w hich th e ana lysan d and I p la y “sq u ig g le ,” I am e asi ly ab le
to re tain m y observ in g eg o w hile s im u ltaneou sly in teractin g w ith th e pa tien t du rin g m y alte red ego
sta te , an d I am ab le to reco rd d eta iled p ro cess n o te s during the in terv iew ”5 1’-a p rocedure tha t v ery
rare ly d is tu rbs m y an aly san ds , e ven those w ho a re o th erw ise q u ite parano id . M y n o te s inc lud e m y
con scious fan tas ies a nd m y e m o tion al an d phy sic al reac tion s.
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132 C O U N T E R T R A N S F E R E N C E
tha t sh e and I w ere S iam ese tw ins, con nected
so lely by o ur o cc ip ita l co rtice s . O ne of m y
w ak ing as soc ia tio ns w as tha t w e had been
seein g “ey e to eye” an d d id indeed sha re
v isua l co rtice s . F o r m e, the se tw o w om en had
becom e S iam ese tw in s, con nec ted b y m y
h ead .
T he fo llo w in g day I to ld the pa tien t m y
dream , som eth ing I had neve r d one w ith an y
ana lysand , o n ly to rem em b er su bsequen tly
and sec re tly th at I h ad in fact had the d ream
abou t the o th e r p a tien t.
In th is in stance, no h arm w as don e. H ow -
eve r, on o the r occasio ns I have in deed fe lt
fo o lish an d de layed ana ly tic p ro g ress w h en I
have u nw itting ly ca rried m y em otio na l sta te
and p reoccupa tion w ith the fo rm er transfe r-
ence-coun ter tran sfe ren ce in te rac tion s in to
the success ive hou r. S uch ex pe riences,
am on g o the rs , led m e to seek to v iew each
ana ly tic se ssion as if it w e re a d ream , in w hich
the m a jo r u n reso lved transfe rence -cou n te r-
transfe rence issu e o f th e la st o r la st few
session s com poses th e “day re sidu e. “ A cco r d -
ing ly , I a ssu m e tha t every com m unica tion o f
the in te rv iew is in som e w ay rela ted to tha t
day re sidu e in the con tex t o f the ensu ing
“dream ” and am particu la r ly in tere sted in th esym bo lic m ean ings o f the o pen ing v erba l
and /o r n onv erba l co m m u nicatio ns. O ften ,
to re fre sh m y m em ory , I rev iew m y no te s in
ad vance o f th e in te rv iew , n o te s tha t in clu de
m y ow n fan tas ies , em otion a l ex pe rien ces,
an d ph ysica l sensatio ns.
C ou n te rtransference in te rp re ta tions can
ev en enab le a reac tive ly ho stile , f righ ten ed
pa tien t to beg in trea tm en t. A w om an w as
co nv in ced tha t he r ch a rac tero log ical d is-
tu rban ce an d m ultip le psy ch oso m a tic sy m p-
to m s, p red om in an tly g astro in te stina l, w e re
p rod uc ts o f he r hav in g been sexu a lly m o-
le sted du ring h er ear ly ch ildh oo d , a ltho ugh
sh e h ad no m em o ry o f su ch an ev en t. S he
re fused to en ter p sycho the rapy w ith any of a
se r ies o f ana lysts w h om she consu lted a fte r
d rug the rapy h ad p ro ved in effec tive , because
no ne o f them w o uld vo uchsa fe th at h e be -
lieved th a t h er sy m pto m a to log y w as the re su lt
o f such early m ole sta tio n . F in ally I cho se no t
to d ea l w ith h e r d em an d a t face va lue bu t
in stead d ep en ded o n m y ex pe rienc in g in ter-
n a l anx ie ty an d gastro in te stina l c ram ping
w hile lis ten in g to he r litany and o bse rv ing
h e r ten sion . I to ld he r tha t I cou ld no t kn ow
o n the basis o f h er s tated h isto ry o r m y m ed-
ica l and p sych ia tric kn ow led ge tha t h er be lie f
w as accu ra te , bu t tha t I fe lt ce rta in th at she
h ad been seve rely psych ica lly trau m a tized
w hile v ery yo ung on the basis o f m y em otion al
an d p hysica l reac tion s to he r p resen ta tio n of
h e r co m pla in ts . R elieved an d in trig ued , she
p ro m ptly en tered psych oana ly tic treatm en t,
w h ich w as rem arkab ly succes sfu l.
K ha n’ 50 ”7 #{ 17 6} co nc eiv es o f c ou nte rtr an sf er-
en ce as an ins trum en t o f pe rcep tio n , and
M cD o uga ll6 ’ ho ld s tha t sh e a rticu late s he r
in tro jec tion s o f the pa tien t’s p rev erba l and
p re sym bo lic expe rien ces. A t tim es she be -
co m es aw are o f coun ter tran sfe ren ce d istu r-
b ances th rou gh d ream s o f h er ow n , a s d o I.
A t m id cen tu ry , ana lysts began su dden ly
to p resen t and p ub lish stu d ie s devo ted spec if-
ica lly to cou n te rtran sfe ren ce, p erhaps b eg in -
n ing w ith W inn ico tt’s’7 ’ “H a te in the
C o un te r transfe rence” and fo llow ed by co n-
tr ib u tion s such as tho se o f L acan ,’7 2 L it-tle ,’73 ”7 4 N ach t,’T h and A . R e ich .4 3
M any psych oana lysis ag ree tha t the ea rli-
e st system a tic and va luab le w ork tow ard de -
v e lop in g a th eo ry o f co un te r transfe rence w as
d one by H e im ann5 2”76 and R acke r,32 w ho
app aren tly w ork ed indepen den tly , each w ith -
ou t kno w led ge o f the o the r’s th ink in g . T he
con tribu tions o f R osen feld ’7 7 have been ove r-
loo ked b y m any . T h is m ay b e a ttrib u tab le to
h is no t h av ing used the w o rd caunter trans fer -
once in an y title u n til ve ry la te in h is ca ree r’37
(chap . 12 ). A lthou gh he dep ic ts h im self a s an
ortho dox K le in ian , in h is ear lie st pub lica tion
dea ling w ith psy ch o tic sta te s (19 47)
R osenfe ld ’78 n o te s h is use o f co un te r transfe r-
ence reac tion s as gu ides to in te rp re ta tion . H e
firs t u se s the w o rd coun te r t r ans fe r ence in
1 952 ” w h ile d iscussin g the d ifficu ltie s in in -
terp re tin g to p atien ts w ith sch izop hren ia :
“O ur cou n te rtransference is frequen tly th e
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on ly gu id e” (p . 126 ). N o do ub t R o sen feld
w an ted to p ro tect h is re la tions w ith M elan ie
K le in (h is an aly st), w ho w as so incensed w ith
P au la H e im ann tha t the ir p rev iously co rd ia l
rela tion sh ip w as te rm ina ted w hen H e im ann
de live red h er 19 50 pap er a t the Z urich con -
ference (D eP ao la ’79 ). S im ila r ly , K le in w as
ho stile tow ard L ittle ’7 3”74 a fte r sh e ad voca ted
the use o f cou n te rtransference reactio ns in
trea tm en t, a s , it ha s been said , she w ou ld be
even tu ally tow ard H an na S ega l’ (chap . 6 ) .
In th e ea rly 1 950 s B a lin t’ 8 2 adv oca ted the
ana lyst’s con sc ious use in the rap y of h is em o-
tion al reac tions to pa tien ts . B a lin t’s pos itio n
has also b een ov erloo ked gene ra lly .
S U M M A H V
D uring the past h alf cen tu ry , co un te r trans-
ference h as com e to b e seen as a va luab le too l
in our the rap eu tic arm am en ta r ium , ra the r
than so le ly as an im ped im en t to p sycho an a -
ly tic trea tm en t. T h is change of a ttitude re -
su lted from psy ch oana lysis’ com in g to v iew
the ir task as in terp re tin g th e in te rac tions o f
bo th p a tien t and the rap is t o n an in trapsych ic
leve l, ra the r than the p a tien t’s in trap sych ic
d ynam ics, and u nd erstand in g those in te rac -
tion s in te rm s of th e constan t in te rp lay b e-
tw een an aly san d and ana ly st, in vo lv ing th e ir
m u tua l in tro jec tion o f the o the r’s p ro jec tive
133
iden tif ica tion s. A n im po rtan t e lem en t in the
chang e in the rap is ts’ a ttitud es reg ard ing th e
types o f pa tien ts w h o sho u ld b e inc lud ed as
ana ly tic su b jects is th e inc rea sed un de rstand -
ing of th e na tu re o f th e in teractio n b e tw een
the rap is t and pa tien t du ring the in ev itab le
reg re ssion s in th e serv ice o f trea tm en t-an
un de rs tan d ing tha t can be usefu lly in te rp re-
ted .
A lthou gh it is g en e ra lly be liev ed th at
F reud o rig ina lly v iew ed coun te rtran sfe ren ce
so lely as an im ped im en t to an a ly sis , h e w as
a lw ay s am b iva len t on th is issu e. H e m ay have
be lieved th ere is a rela tion sh ip be tw een trans -
ference and coun ter tran sfe ren ce an d ex tra -
senso ry pe rcep tio n .
H e im ann and R acke r are usua lly cred -
ited w ith hav in g th e m a jo r ro les in th e
dev elo pm en t o f a sy stem a tic th eo ry o f cou n-
ter tran sfe ren ce , and the im po rtan t w o rk of
o th ers , su ch as R osenfe ld an d B a lin t, h as
p robab ly been und erem ph asized .
L .D oty assis ted in m anu scrip t p repara tion . A
versio n o f th is artic le w a s p re se nt ed at t he C e ’n te rf or
th e Advanced Stu dy o f the P sychoses, S an Fran-
cisco , June 1992 , a nd at the G raduate Seminar ,
D epar tm ent o f P sych ia try , A lta B ates-H errick M e-
mo ria l H osp ita l, B erke ley, CA , D ecem ber 1992 . It
is a com panion to a c lin ica lly focused a rtic le a s yet
unpublished .
R F F F R E N C E S
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cou nte rtra nsfere nce fac ilita ted tra nsferen ce re gre s-
sio n . In tJ P syc hoa na l 199 2; 7 3 :5 5-7 0 a nd in P sy cho -
therapy o f S ch izo phren ia: F a cil ita t ing an d
O b stru ctive F actors, ed i ted by W e rba rt A , C ullbe rgJ.
O s lo , S can din av ian U niversity P res s, 199 2 , p p 63-74
2 . B oy er L B : P ro v is ion al ev alu atio n o f psych o-a nalysis
w ith few pa ram ete rs in th e treatm en t o f sch izop hre -
n ia . In tJ P sych oan al 1 96 1; 42 :38 9-4 03
3 , B oy er L B : O n m atern al o verstim ulatio n an d e go d e-
fects . P sy cho ana l S tu dy C hild 19 56 ; 11 :23 6-2 56
4 , B oy er L B , G iova cch in i P L : P sy cho ana ly t ic T re atm en t
of S c h iz oph ren ic a nd C h ara cte ro lo g ic al D iso rders.
N ew Y ork , S cie nce H ou se, 196 7; P syc hoa naly tic
T re atm en t of S ch izo phren ic , B o rd erline , a nd C ha r-
actero log ical D isorders , 2n d ed itio n , re v is ed an d e n-
larg ed . N ew Y ork ,Ja son A ron son , 1 98 0
5 . B oy er L B : C ou nte rtra nsfere nce w ith seve rely re-
gre sse d p atien ts, in C o untertrans ferenc e: T he
T h erap ist’s C on trib u tion to the T h era peu tic S itu a-
t ion , ed i ted by E p ste in L , F einerA F . N e w Y o rk ,Jaso n
A ronson , 1 979 , p p 3 47 -37 4
6 . G io va cch in i P L , B o yer L B (e ds ): T e ch nica l F a cto rs in
the T re atm en t of th e S ev ere ly D istu rbed P atien t. N ew
Y o rk ,Jaso n A ronson , 19 82
7 . B o yer L B : T h e R eg res sed P a tie n t. N ew Y ork , Jaso n
A ro nson , 1 983
8 . B oy er L B : T e ch nica l aspec ts o f tre atin g th e regressed
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44
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