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Love and Hate in the Analytic SettingLove and Hate in the Analytic Setting

Love and Hate in the Analytic Setting1996

Glen O. Gabbard M.D.

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We have long known that passionate feelings of love and hate are stirred in psychotherapy. Paradoxically these passions may either undermine the therapist catastrophically or serve as the crucible in which profound understanding is forged. Transferences and countertransferences of love and hate occur on a spectrum that includes unobjectionable negative and positive feelings, relatively benign forms of love and hate, and more malignant, intractable versions of love and hate that present formidable challenges to the therapist. Each of these variations is explored in different chapters of this book. Most of all, the author, noted psychoanalyst Glen Gabbard, depicts what it is like to be in the eye of the hurricane when passions are aroused. He provides a practical yet theoretically sophisticated guide to the management of love and hate as they are experienced by both patient and therapist.

Details

First published
1996
OL Work ID
OL1938801W

Subjects

LoveTransference (Psychology)HatePsychoanalysisPsychotherapist and patientProfessional-Patient RelationsPsychoanalytic TherapyCountertransference (Psychology)Psychology TransferencePatientTegenoverdrachtPsychotherapeutPsychoanalysePsychotherapeut-cliënt-relatieGegenübertragungHaatLiefdeOverdracht (psychoanalyse)

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