Recommended Readings: Transference and Countertransference
Readings and Resources on Transference and Countertransference
Appelbaum, A. & Diamond, D. (1993) Prologue: impact of gender on transference, countertransference. Monograph from Psychoanalytic Inquiry to be distributed in class Cultural Considerations:Race, Religion, Ethnicity Presentation: Michelle Friedman, M. D. on working with orthodox patients in analysis.
Beres, D. & Arlow, J. A. (1874). Fantasy and identification in empathy. Psychoanalytic Quarterly. 43: 26-50.
Bernstein, J. (1993) Using the countertransference resistance. Modern Psychoanalysis, 18:71-80.
Bird, B. Notes on Transference: Universal phenomenon and hardest part of analysis.
Carpy, D. (1989) Tolerating the countertransference: a mutative process. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 70:287-294.
Epstein, L. (1979) Countertransference with the borderline patients. The Therapist’s Contribution to the Therapeutic Situation. L. Epstein & A.H. Feiner, eds. New York: Jason Aronson. pp. 375-403.
Epstein, L. (1979) The therapeutic function of hate in countertransference. Countertransference: The Therapist’s Contribution to the Therapeutic Situation.
Epstein, L. & A.H. Feiner, eds. New York: Jason Aronson. pp. 213-234.
Ernsberger, C. (1979) The concept of countertransference as therapeutic instrument: its early history. Modern Psychoanalysis, 4:141-164.
Frankiel, R. (1985) The stolen child: fantasy, wish source of countertransference Int. Rev Psychoanalysis, 12, 417 - 430.
Freud (1912) Recommendations to physicians practicing psychoanalysis. SE 12: 111 - 120.
(1914) Remembering, repeating and working through. Standard Edition. 12: 146-156.
(1905) Postscript (on Dora). Standard Edition. London: Hogarth Press, 7:112-122. Hinshelwood, R.D. (1989), A Dictionary of Kleinian Thought. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson. pp. 255-262.
(1905), Dora’s dream. Fragment of a case of hysteria. Standard Edition. London: Hogarth Press, 7:64-111.
Gabbard, G. (1995) Countertransference: the emerging common ground. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 76: 475-485.
Gill, M. Analysis of Transference. Psychological Issues Monographs. 53 New York: IUP.
Green, A. (1993) Two discussions of ‘The inner experiences of the analyst’ and a response from Theodore Jacobs. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 74:1131-1136.
Greenson, R. & Wexler, M. (1969) The Non-Transference relationship in the psychoanalytic situation. IJPA., 50, 27 – 38.
Greenson, R. & Wexler, M. (1969) The Non-Transference relationship in the psychoanalytic situation. IJPA, 50, 27-38.
Heimann, P. (1950) On counter-transference. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 31:81-84.
Holmes, D. F. (1982) Race and transference in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. International Journal of Psychoanalysis. 73: 1 – 12.
Jacobs, T, (1993) The inner experiences of the analyst: their contribution to the analytic process. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 74:7-14.
Jacobs, T. (1993) Response. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 74:1140-1145.
Jacobs, T. J. (1999) Countertransference past and present. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 80:575-594.
Kernberg, O. (1965) Notes on countertransference. Journal of American Psychoanalytic Association, 13:38-56.
Kernberg, O. (1976) Transference and countertransference in the treatment of the borderline patients. Object Relations Theory and Clinical Psychoanalysis. Northvale, NJ: J. Aronson. pp.161-184.
Kernberg, O. (1984) Countertransference, transference, regression and the incapacity to defend. Between Analyst and Patient: New Dimensions in Countertransference. Northvale, NJ: Analytic Press.
Kernberg, O. Notes on countertransference:
King, P. (1980) Life cycle as indicated by the nature of transference in psychoanalysis of middle aged and elderly. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 61:153-160.
Knafo, D. (1999). Anti-semitism in the clinical setting: transference-countertransference. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 47: 35 – 64.
Lasky, R. (2002) Countertransference and the analytic instrument. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 19:65- 94.
Laub, L. (2006), Intuitive listening. Modern Psychoanalysis, 31:88-101.
Laub, L. (2008) Emotional attunement. Modern Psychoanalysis, 33:79-86.
Lippincott, J. L. (1990) The use of narcissistic transference/countertransference in the analysis of a schizophrenic man. Modern Psychoanalysis, 15:185-213.
Little, M. (1951) Countertransference and the patient’s response to it. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 32:32-40.
Loewald, H. Transference-Countertransference.
Margolis, B. (1978) Narcissistic countertransference: emotional availability and case management. Modern Psychoanalysis, 3:133-151.
Margolis, B. (1979) Narcissistic transference: the product of overlapping self and object fields. Modern Psychoanalysis, 4:131-140.
Marshall, R.J. (1983) On the history of the concept of resistance. Resistance Interactions: Child, Family and Psychotherapy. New York: Human Science Press. pp. 17-39.
McDougall, J. (1990) Premature communication and the use of countertransference. Plea for a Measure of Abnormality. London: Free Association Books. pp. 274-290.
McDougall, J. (1990) Primitive communication and the use of countertransference. A Plea for a Measure of Abnormality. London: Free Association Books. pp. 274- 298. Optional: pp. 247-274.
McLaughlin, J. (1981) Transference, psychic reality and countertransference. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 50:639-664.
Mitrani, J. (2001) Taking the transference: technical implications in three papers by Bion. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 82:1085-1104.
Money-Kyrle, R. E. (1956) Normal counter-transference and some of its deviations. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 37:360-36.
Ogden, T. (1994). The analytic third: Working with intersubjective clinical facts. IJPA, 75, 3 - 732.
Ogden, T. (1997) Reverie and metaphor: Some thoughts on how I work as a psychoanalyst. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 78, 719.
Ogden, T. H. (1995) Analysing forms of aliveness and deadness of the transference- countertransference. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 76:695-709.
Pick, I. (1985) Working through in the countertransference. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 66:157-166.
Racker, H. (1957) The meanings and uses of countertransference. New York: International Universities Press. pp.127-132, 160-173.
Racker, H. (1968) The uses of countertransference, part IV. Transference and Countertransference. London: Hogarth Press. pp.127-142.
Racker, H. (1968). Transference and Countertransference. New York: International Universities Press.
Reich, A. (1960) Further remarks on countertransference. Annie Reich: Psychoanalytic Contributions (1973) pp. 271-287 or International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 41:389-395.
Reik, T. (1948) The surprised psychoanalyst. Listening with the Third Ear. New York: Farrar, Straus and Co. pp. 258-271.
Renik, O. (1993) Analytic interaction: conceptualizing technique in light of the analyst’s irreducible subjectivity. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 62:553-571.
Sandler, J. (1976). Countertransference and role-responsiveness. IJPA, 3, 43 – 47.
Schwaber, E. A. (1992) Countertransference: the analyst’s retreat from the patient’s vantage point. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 73:349-362.
Searles, H. (1963) Transference psychosis in the psychotherapy of schizophrenic. Collected Papers on Schizophrenia and Related Subjects. New York: International University Press. pp. 654.
Spotnitz, H. (1976) Trends in modern psychoanalytic supervision. Modern Psychoanalysis, 1:201-217
Spotnitz, H. (1982) Supervision of psychoanalysis treating borderline patients. Modern Psychoanalysis, 7(2):185-206.
Spotnitz, H. (1985) Recognition and understanding of resistance. Modern Psychoanalysis of the Schizophrenic Patient. Second Edition. New York: Human Science. pp. 143-162.
Spotnitz, H. & Meadow, P.W. (1976) The treatment partnership. Treatment of the Narcissistic Neuroses. New York: Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies. pp.
Spotnitz, H. & P.W. Meadow (1976) The narcissistic transference. Treatment of the Narcissistic Neuroses, NJ: Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies. pp. 64-74.
Stein, M. (1981) The unobjectionable part of the transference . JAPA 29, 869 – 891.
Stein, M. (1981) The unobjectionable part of the transference . JAPA 29, 869 - 891
Tansey, M. & Burke, W. (1989). Understanding countertransference: From projective identification to empathy. Hillsdale, N. J. The Analytic Press.
Wender, L. (1993) Two discussions of ‘The inner experiences of the analyst’ and a response from Theodore Jacobs. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 74:1136-1139.
Westen, D & Gabbard, G. (2002) Developments in cognitive neuroscience II. Implications for theories of transference. JAPA 50, 100 – 13.
Westen, D & Gabbard, G. (2002) Developments in cognitive neuroscience II. Implications for theories of transference. JAPA 50, 100 – 131.
Wilson, A. & Weinstein, L. (1996). The transference and the zone of proximal development. JAPA, 44, 167 - 200.
Wilson, A. & Weinstein, L. (1996). The transference and the zone of proximal development. JAPA, 44, 167 - 200.
Winnicott, D.W. (1955) Clinical varieties of transference. Through Pediatrics to Psychoanalysis. New York: Basic Books, 1975. pp. 295-299.
Wolfe, E. (1975) Countertransference in disorders of the self. In Countertransference, ed. L. Epstein & A. Feiner. New York Araonson p. 445 - 469.
Readings and Resources on Transference and Countertransference
Appelbaum, A. & Diamond, D. (1993) Prologue: impact of gender on transference, countertransference. Monograph from Psychoanalytic Inquiry to be distributed in class Cultural Considerations:Race, Religion, Ethnicity Presentation: Michelle Friedman, M. D. on working with orthodox patients in analysis.
Beres, D. & Arlow, J. A. (1874). Fantasy and identification in empathy. Psychoanalytic Quarterly. 43: 26-50.
Bernstein, J. (1993) Using the countertransference resistance. Modern Psychoanalysis, 18:71-80.
Bird, B. Notes on Transference: Universal phenomenon and hardest part of analysis.
Carpy, D. (1989) Tolerating the countertransference: a mutative process. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 70:287-294.
Epstein, L. (1979) Countertransference with the borderline patients. The Therapist’s Contribution to the Therapeutic Situation. L. Epstein & A.H. Feiner, eds. New York: Jason Aronson. pp. 375-403.
Epstein, L. (1979) The therapeutic function of hate in countertransference. Countertransference: The Therapist’s Contribution to the Therapeutic Situation.
Epstein, L. & A.H. Feiner, eds. New York: Jason Aronson. pp. 213-234.
Ernsberger, C. (1979) The concept of countertransference as therapeutic instrument: its early history. Modern Psychoanalysis, 4:141-164.
Frankiel, R. (1985) The stolen child: fantasy, wish source of countertransference Int. Rev Psychoanalysis, 12, 417 - 430.
Freud (1912) Recommendations to physicians practicing psychoanalysis. SE 12: 111 - 120.
(1914) Remembering, repeating and working through. Standard Edition. 12: 146-156.
(1905) Postscript (on Dora). Standard Edition. London: Hogarth Press, 7:112-122. Hinshelwood, R.D. (1989), A Dictionary of Kleinian Thought. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson. pp. 255-262.
(1905), Dora’s dream. Fragment of a case of hysteria. Standard Edition. London: Hogarth Press, 7:64-111.
Gabbard, G. (1995) Countertransference: the emerging common ground. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 76: 475-485.
Gill, M. Analysis of Transference. Psychological Issues Monographs. 53 New York: IUP.
Green, A. (1993) Two discussions of ‘The inner experiences of the analyst’ and a response from Theodore Jacobs. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 74:1131-1136.
Greenson, R. & Wexler, M. (1969) The Non-Transference relationship in the psychoanalytic situation. IJPA., 50, 27 – 38.
Greenson, R. & Wexler, M. (1969) The Non-Transference relationship in the psychoanalytic situation. IJPA, 50, 27-38.
Heimann, P. (1950) On counter-transference. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 31:81-84.
Holmes, D. F. (1982) Race and transference in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. International Journal of Psychoanalysis. 73: 1 – 12.
Jacobs, T, (1993) The inner experiences of the analyst: their contribution to the analytic process. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 74:7-14.
Jacobs, T. (1993) Response. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 74:1140-1145.
Jacobs, T. J. (1999) Countertransference past and present. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 80:575-594.
Kernberg, O. (1965) Notes on countertransference. Journal of American Psychoanalytic Association, 13:38-56.
Kernberg, O. (1976) Transference and countertransference in the treatment of the borderline patients. Object Relations Theory and Clinical Psychoanalysis. Northvale, NJ: J. Aronson. pp.161-184.
Kernberg, O. (1984) Countertransference, transference, regression and the incapacity to defend. Between Analyst and Patient: New Dimensions in Countertransference. Northvale, NJ: Analytic Press.
Kernberg, O. Notes on countertransference:
King, P. (1980) Life cycle as indicated by the nature of transference in psychoanalysis of middle aged and elderly. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 61:153-160.
Knafo, D. (1999). Anti-semitism in the clinical setting: transference-countertransference. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 47: 35 – 64.
Lasky, R. (2002) Countertransference and the analytic instrument. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 19:65- 94.
Laub, L. (2006), Intuitive listening. Modern Psychoanalysis, 31:88-101.
Laub, L. (2008) Emotional attunement. Modern Psychoanalysis, 33:79-86.
Lippincott, J. L. (1990) The use of narcissistic transference/countertransference in the analysis of a schizophrenic man. Modern Psychoanalysis, 15:185-213.
Little, M. (1951) Countertransference and the patient’s response to it. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 32:32-40.
Loewald, H. Transference-Countertransference.
Margolis, B. (1978) Narcissistic countertransference: emotional availability and case management. Modern Psychoanalysis, 3:133-151.
Margolis, B. (1979) Narcissistic transference: the product of overlapping self and object fields. Modern Psychoanalysis, 4:131-140.
Marshall, R.J. (1983) On the history of the concept of resistance. Resistance Interactions: Child, Family and Psychotherapy. New York: Human Science Press. pp. 17-39.
McDougall, J. (1990) Premature communication and the use of countertransference. Plea for a Measure of Abnormality. London: Free Association Books. pp. 274-290.
McDougall, J. (1990) Primitive communication and the use of countertransference. A Plea for a Measure of Abnormality. London: Free Association Books. pp. 274- 298. Optional: pp. 247-274.
McLaughlin, J. (1981) Transference, psychic reality and countertransference. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 50:639-664.
Mitrani, J. (2001) Taking the transference: technical implications in three papers by Bion. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 82:1085-1104.
Money-Kyrle, R. E. (1956) Normal counter-transference and some of its deviations. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 37:360-36.
Ogden, T. (1994). The analytic third: Working with intersubjective clinical facts. IJPA, 75, 3 - 732.
Ogden, T. (1997) Reverie and metaphor: Some thoughts on how I work as a psychoanalyst. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 78, 719.
Ogden, T. H. (1995) Analysing forms of aliveness and deadness of the transference- countertransference. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 76:695-709.
Pick, I. (1985) Working through in the countertransference. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 66:157-166.
Racker, H. (1957) The meanings and uses of countertransference. New York: International Universities Press. pp.127-132, 160-173.
Racker, H. (1968) The uses of countertransference, part IV. Transference and Countertransference. London: Hogarth Press. pp.127-142.
Racker, H. (1968). Transference and Countertransference. New York: International Universities Press.
Reich, A. (1960) Further remarks on countertransference. Annie Reich: Psychoanalytic Contributions (1973) pp. 271-287 or International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 41:389-395.
Reik, T. (1948) The surprised psychoanalyst. Listening with the Third Ear. New York: Farrar, Straus and Co. pp. 258-271.
Renik, O. (1993) Analytic interaction: conceptualizing technique in light of the analyst’s irreducible subjectivity. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 62:553-571.
Sandler, J. (1976). Countertransference and role-responsiveness. IJPA, 3, 43 – 47.
Schwaber, E. A. (1992) Countertransference: the analyst’s retreat from the patient’s vantage point. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 73:349-362.
Searles, H. (1963) Transference psychosis in the psychotherapy of schizophrenic. Collected Papers on Schizophrenia and Related Subjects. New York: International University Press. pp. 654.
Spotnitz, H. (1976) Trends in modern psychoanalytic supervision. Modern Psychoanalysis, 1:201-217
Spotnitz, H. (1982) Supervision of psychoanalysis treating borderline patients. Modern Psychoanalysis, 7(2):185-206.
Spotnitz, H. (1985) Recognition and understanding of resistance. Modern Psychoanalysis of the Schizophrenic Patient. Second Edition. New York: Human Science. pp. 143-162.
Spotnitz, H. & Meadow, P.W. (1976) The treatment partnership. Treatment of the Narcissistic Neuroses. New York: Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies. pp.
Spotnitz, H. & P.W. Meadow (1976) The narcissistic transference. Treatment of the Narcissistic Neuroses, NJ: Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies. pp. 64-74.
Stein, M. (1981) The unobjectionable part of the transference . JAPA 29, 869 – 891.
Stein, M. (1981) The unobjectionable part of the transference . JAPA 29, 869 - 891
Tansey, M. & Burke, W. (1989). Understanding countertransference: From projective identification to empathy. Hillsdale, N. J. The Analytic Press.
Wender, L. (1993) Two discussions of ‘The inner experiences of the analyst’ and a response from Theodore Jacobs. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 74:1136-1139.
Westen, D & Gabbard, G. (2002) Developments in cognitive neuroscience II. Implications for theories of transference. JAPA 50, 100 – 13.
Westen, D & Gabbard, G. (2002) Developments in cognitive neuroscience II. Implications for theories of transference. JAPA 50, 100 – 131.
Wilson, A. & Weinstein, L. (1996). The transference and the zone of proximal development. JAPA, 44, 167 - 200.
Wilson, A. & Weinstein, L. (1996). The transference and the zone of proximal development. JAPA, 44, 167 - 200.
Winnicott, D.W. (1955) Clinical varieties of transference. Through Pediatrics to Psychoanalysis. New York: Basic Books, 1975. pp. 295-299.
Wolfe, E. (1975) Countertransference in disorders of the self. In Countertransference, ed. L. Epstein & A. Feiner. New York Araonson p. 445 - 469.