Countertransference

Countertransference Tina Huley Psychology Clinical Mental Health Counseling prof Dr. Yvonne Patterson Chicago State University Countertransference Countertransference is the therapists unconscious emotional responses when a lymph gland discusses a therapists unresolved issue. The counselors thoughts and feelings in reaction to the client can be from the client themselves or events in the counselors own life. Counselors should monitor their feelings while working with their clients.Counselors who are conscious slightly their personal issues allow them to manage countertransference. They can feel empathy for their clients and compassion which is helpful in the curative process. Therapists who manages countertransference recognizes their reactions and how it affects the therapy process. A counselors unresolved issue is the basis of countertransference. When a client talk about issues related to a therapists unresolved issue, the therapist tends to avoid the issue, according to Rosen berger and Hayes article.They exit talk about the issue less in sessions with the client. Counselors dealing with unresolved issues pertaining to anger are more comfort able and anxious with angry clients. Therapists showing avoidance behaviors can cause clients to view them as world incompetent and untrustworthy. I agree with the findings in this article. Therapist avoidance also effects the working alliance, the therapists social influence, and the sessions. The article discusses what happens when a client brings up issues that are related to a therapists unresolved conflict.Managed countertransference results in improvement in insight, self-awareness, and resolution in therapy. A counselors ability to respond with empathy, genuineness, respect, acceptance, and caring influences the process of helping the client to identify their problems. Counselors must be able to pay attention to their clients. They must be able to set aside their own problems in bon ton to work with client issues. Counselors in need of resolving unresolved conflicts may want to attempt to perplex counseling themselves.