COUNTERTRANSFERENCE An Independent view

The concept of countertransference

For psychoanalysis, according to Laplanche and Pontalis (1967),

transference is a process of actualization of unconscious wishes. Transference uses specific objects and operates in the framework of a specific relationship established with these objects . . . As a rule what psychoanalysts mean by the unqualified use of the term ‘transference’ is transference during treatment. (authors’ italics)