Transference and Counter Transference: a therapeutic method for application in everyday psychosocial counselling - Softcover
Synopsis
This book describes the therapeutic concepts of transference and counter transference, originally developed by Freud, in the context of daily practice for social care workers and supervisors in their contact with clients. The first section explores concepts deriving from different theoretical approaches including the Psychoanalysis and Transactional Analysis. There follow several chapters in which practical examples are used to anchor this theory in the daily practice of care workers and supervisors. The book closes with a chapter which offers help from a professional perspective in learning to deal consciously with transference and countertransference issues. Vital information for: Managers, coaches, counsellors, personal supervisors and frontline practitioners in social work, care and educational settings.
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About the Author
Fee van Delft studied clinical psychology in Leiden and has worked for many years as a lecturer in psychology in a part-time course, Social Care, for students doing on-the-job training at MBO College West. She also lectures in healthcare and social welfare at the Regional Community College in Amsterdam.
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In this book, the therapeutic concepts of transference and countertransference, which were originally developed by Freud, are placed within the context of the daily practice of social care workers and supervisors, in their contact with their clients. The term transference refers to the way in which old feelings are 'transferred' unconsciously by the client onto the care worker or supervisor. Countertransference describes the opposite: the unconscious transference of feelings from the care worker or supervisor onto the client.
In transference and countertransference alike, we project our expectations about how we are seen onto the other person. We interpret for ourselves how we think the other sees us and feels about us. In doing this we run the risk of 'getting it wrong' and herein lies a potential source of miscommunication: in fact 'getting it wrong' can have a fundamental impact on the supervisory or coaching process and on the very quality of the interaction.
The first section of this book explores concepts deriving from different theoretical approaches, including Psychoanalysis and Transactional Analysis. The subsequent chapters give practical examples to anchor this theory in the daily practice of care workers and supervisors.
The book concludes with a chapter that offers help from a professional perspective in learning to deal consciously with transference and countertransference issues.
This book is suitable to be used as support for professional skills training and is designed for managers, coaches, counselors, personal supervisors and practitioners in social work, care and educational settings.
From the Inside Flap
In this book, the therapeutic concepts of transference and countertransference, which were originally developed by Freud, are placed within the context of the daily practice of social care workers and supervisors, in their contact with their clients. The term transference refers to the way in which old feelings are 'transferred' unconsciously by the client onto the care worker or supervisor. Countertransference describes the opposite: the unconscious transference of feelings from the care worker or supervisor onto the client. In transference and countertransference alike, we project our expectations about how we are seen onto the other person. We interpret for ourselves how we think the other sees us and feels about us. In doing this we run the risk of 'getting it wrong' and herein lies a potential source of miscommunication: in fact 'getting it wrong' can have a fundamental impact on the supervisory or coaching process and on the very quality of the interaction. The first section of this book explores concepts deriving from different theoretical approaches, including Psychoanalysis and Transactional Analysis. The subsequent chapters give practical examples to anchor this theory in the daily practice of care workers and supervisors. The book concludes with a chapter that offers help from a professional perspective in learning to deal consciously with transference and countertransference issues. This book is suitable to be used as support for professional skills training and is designed for managers, coaches, counselors, personal supervisors and practitioners in social work, care and educational settings.
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