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Transference and countertransference: two concepts specific to psychoanalytic theory and practice.

F Ladame
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The development of the theory of transference and countertransference from Freud to post-Freudian authors is described. It is concluded that the concepts of transference and countertransference are pertinent only within a definite psychoanalytic setting. They cannot be applied in every therapeutic situation.

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F Ladame. 1999. Transference and countertransference: two concepts specific to psychoanalytic theory and practice.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10554345/

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