Transference-Countertransference and Other Related Mental States

About the Book

In recent decades an increasing number of psycho-analytic investigators have tried to fathom the nature and origin of the TRANSFERENCE-COUNTERTRANSFERENCE - from within. Unlike the psychiatric methods, psycho-analytic investigation of these seriously disturbed patients imposes intense stresses on the investigator - there are the primitive emotions released, the painfully slow process in which anxiety-laden changes can be attempted by the patient, and there is the constant struggle for the analyst to elucidate a pattern of significance within, at times baffling phenomena. For the pioneer, these endeavours are heroic and it is little wonder that few psychiatrists have ventured into these realms.

About the Author

Richard John Kosciejew is a German-born Canadian who lives in Toronto. He was educated at Alexander Muir Public School and Central Technical School before attending Centennial College, the University of Toronto, and the University of Western Ontario. He is also the author of The Designing Theory of Transference.