Transference and countertransference are useful and powerful instruments in psychotherapy. As therapists, we need to use them productively and compassionately to help our clients.

According to Freud (1925), transference “dominates the whole of each person’s relations to his human environment”. Contemporary understanding of transference emphasises the client's meaning-making of interactions with the therapist, drawing on the interplay with their earlier psychological organisations. Transference presents a microcosm of the client's psychological life and the continuing influence of their early formative experiences. The client's defensive aims and methods also contribute to the manifestation of transference.  Countertransference is now also regarded as an important source of information on the client's inner life and habitual ways of responding. It is widely acknowledged that countertransference is jointly created by the client and the therapist. The subjectivity of the therapist influences and informs the countertransference.  As such, countertransference also tells us something about ourselves. That may explain why the majority therapists find it difficult to deal with countertransference in the room. Transference and countertransference are fundamental aspects of every therapeutic relationship. Awareness of them by the therapist is crucial to successful work. This webinar will discuss interpreting transference and managing countertransference in therapy.  

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the theoretical origins of and contemporary developments of transference & countertransference

• Understand various types and dimensions of transference

• Learn how to recognise and work with transference

• Identify methods to manage countertransference

Venue: Live Webinar (Webinar link will be emailed to all attendees one day prior).

Date: Wednesday, 13th September, 2023

Time: 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. (Sydney/Melbourne Time)

Cost: 69.99 

Benefits for learners:

•            Access current, relevant, and focused content

•            Workshop developed and facilitated by a practising industry expert.

•           Add to CPD requirements

Certificate of completion:

•         Provided on completion of this workshop

About Kris Rao

Kris brings decades of experience in teaching, developing, implementing, and delivering academic programmes across Asia Pacific. His expansive career spans community services, psychotherapy, higher education and community service sectors. He has a Masters in Social Science,  a Master of Science in Medicine (Psychotherapy) and a Doctorate in Psychoanalysis. Kris teaches ethics and contemporary psychodynamic psychotherapy as adjunct faculty at universities and higher education institutions across Australia and New Zealand.

About eiseEducation

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