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Projective Identification and Countertransference Enactment | Management of Countertransference | Varieties of Countertransference | Summary | References

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Dr. R’s struggles with her emotional reactions to her patient are familiar to all of us. As noted in Chapter 1 (“Key Concepts”), one of the central notions of psychodynamic therapy is that there are two subjectivities—some would say “two patients”—in the consulting room. The two complex human beings who are interacting in the course of psychotherapy are mutually influencing one another all the time and are evoking a variety of feelings toward one another.

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