Posted by trouble on February 18, 2002, at 2:01:53
In reply to Anyone with transferance/counter-tran experience?, posted by judy1 on February 16, 2002, at 10:52:46
Hi Judy,
I'm in it right now w/ my own pdoc, that was my first post last month: Angry Psychiatrist. I'm at the point now where I just want to go in, stay on topic, get my 'script and retreat, at least until he starts looking at his countertransference issues and quits treating me like a demonic stepchild.
Except I'm on a trial of Gabitril right now and I lost my samples Friday, or he didn't give me enough, I don't know what but the box is empty and I have 2 weeks to go before seeing him. If I call him before then he'll give me a hard time, meanwhile I'm sure this response is helping you
immeasurably.The book:
101 Common Therapeutic Blunders (Countertransference and Counterresistance in Therapy) by Richard C. Robertielo, M.D. 1987It's written for the enemy but may be fun for you too if you can handle the dense reading, given such chapter titles as:
The Therapist Who had not Resolved Her Penis Envy,
The Lesbian Therapist and the Courageous Victim,
The Therapist Who Denied his Own Obesity,
and, you gotta love 'em,
The Therapist Who Castrated Himself.
For me the best part of the book was blunders 21 through 40, all about sadomasochistic countertransferences, and blunders number, oh well, enough about me, you're sure to find your own indecipherable vignettes as this book seems to have something for everyone, including The White Trash Therapist and the Debutant.
Yeah there are plenty other texts out there on countertransference but you'd have to believe it exists to take them seriously. Far as I'm concerned my shrink's feelings about me represent his feelings about me.
But I've been waiting all along for someone to bring up the topic so you have my appreciation and I hope we talk about this all we want.trouble
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