PubMed · 4907753
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O E Baum. Countertransference.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4907753/
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This paper reviews and critiques the literature on countertransference (CT) in group psychotherapy. The literature review is organized within a framework that calls attention to the origins, triggers, manifestations, and effects of CT in groups, as well as CT management factors. An overriding critique is that the present literature lacks a research foundation of any kind. An argument is made for beginning research in this domain, and guidelines for doing so are presented.
This paper examines the advantages of a particular way of supervising psychotherapy, namely, in a group setting with a special focus on the supervisee's countertransference experience. Group supervision is conceptualized as much more than presenting a case and getting feedback. Rather, the group is used in all its interactive complexity as it resonates in a myriad of ways to aspects of the case being presented. Furthermore, because of the complexity of conscious and unconscious interactions and reverberations during this process, it is often helpful to have a focus in the supervision. One helpful possibility is to center on the supervisee's countertransference experience and use the group to reflect, amplify, and process that experience. This can be a highly valuable way of helping the therapists increase their understanding of the case and enhance the quality of therapeutic interventions.
1. Because of the positive and negative therapeutic insights gained by mental health professionals who have family members suffering from mental illness, an ongoing evaluation of one's practice must be balanced with careful introspection. 2. Therapeutic insights that may be gained from family experiences include letting go of the shame; remembering the particular strengths in the psychiatric nursing role; knowing when you have regressed; learning when to get support; and learning to appreciate your talents as a mental health professional. 3. Mental health professionals who have family experiences with mental illness may bring a bias or suffer from countertransference; however, these individuals bring to work a unique perspective that is born from shared suffering and shared hope.