@article {3092962,
	title = {Countertransference as a reflection of the patient{\textquoteright}s inner relationship conflict},
	journal = {Psychoanalytic Psychology},
	volume = {38},
	number = {1},
	year = {2021},
	pages = {68-78},
	publisher = {Educational Publishing Foundation},
	address = {US},
	abstract = {Countertransference may reflect the patients{\textquoteright} diagnosis and can be used to better understand patients{\textquoteright} inner worlds and core conflictual relationship themes (CCRTs). Thus, the changing emotions of therapists can serve as a marker of treatment processes. This exploratory study aims to identify how the interaction between patients{\textquoteright} CCRT patterns and their respective therapists{\textquoteright} emotions associate with working alliance postsession and patient symptoms. The data analysis is based on 17 subjects who received supportive-expressive therapy. Therapists{\textquoteright} emotional reactions were assessed using the Feeling Word Checklist. The Working Alliance Inventory{\textemdash}Short Revised and the Outcome Questionnaire were completed at each session. The relationship between the patients{\textquoteright} CCRTs and (a) the therapists{\textquoteright} emotional profile, (b) therapists{\textquoteright} rated working alliance, and (c) patient symptoms was analyzed using mixed models. Results show that patients{\textquoteright} CCRT moderated the correlation between therapists{\textquoteright} feeling engaged and time. In addition, patients{\textquoteright} CCRTs and therapists{\textquoteright} emotions together was associated with therapists{\textquoteright} rated working alliance and patient symptoms. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)},
	keywords = {*Conflict, *Countertransference, *Diagnosis, *Emotions, *Therapeutic Alliance, Statistical Analysis, Therapists, Treatment},
	isbn = {1939-1331(Electronic),0736-9735(Print)},
	author = {Abargil, Maayan and Tishby, Orya}
}
