Karnac Books Paperback English
The Analyst’s Torment
Unbearable Mental States in Countertransference
By Dhwani Shah
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A searingly honest book that shifts the emphasis of clinical practice from psychoanalytic theory towards the analyst’s subjectivity. By understanding their own therapeutic motivations, mishaps, and stumbles with patients, analysts can understand what impedes their capacity to face up to their feelings and the impact of this in the therapy room.
A searingly honest book that shifts the emphasis of clinical practice from psychoanalytic theory towards the analyst’s subjectivity. By understanding their own therapeutic motivations, mishaps, and stumbles with patients, analysts can understand what impedes their capacity to face up to their feelings and the impact of this in the therapy room.