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Countertransference is a widely established concept originating in Freudian psychotherapy, in which a therapist's own history and emotions affect how they feel about and treat the patient. It can be a response to transference, in which the patient's history affects how they feel about and react to the therapist.

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11 sections
Contents
  • Occurrence
  • Development of theory
  • Early formulations
  • Middle years
  • Late twentieth century paradigm
  • Twenty-first century developments
  • Body-centred countertransference
  • See also
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Countertransference is a widely established concept originating in Freudian psychotherapy, in which a therapist's own history and emotions affect how they feel about and treat the patient. It can be a response to transference, in which the patient's history affects how they feel about and react to the therapist.

== Occurrence ==

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