History of Countertransference

Name: History of Countertransference
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

History of CountertransferenceFrom Freud to the British Object Relations School\nAuthor(s): Alberto Stefana\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138214583, 978-1138214583\nSynopsis\nThe constant and polymorphous development of the field of psychoanalysis since its inception has led to the evolution of a wide variety of psychoanalytic schools. In seeking to find common ground between them, Alberto Stefana examines the history of countertransference, a concept which has developed from its origins as an apparent obstacle, to become an essential tool for analysis, and which has undergone profound changes in definition and in clinical use.\n\nIn History of Countertransference, Stefana follows the development of this concept over time, exploring a very precise trend which begins with the original notion put forward by Sigmund Freud and leads to the ideas of Melanie Klein and the British object relations school. The book ex.