Main description:

The majority of the papers grew out of the proceedings of the fourth EFPP Congress of the Adults Section in 2000 and explore the therapist-patient relationship with the emphasis on the influence of the therapist as opposed to that of the patient. Topics discussed in this collection include the impact of the patient on the analyst, how the analyst's

Contents:

Introduction -- Foreword -- The analyst's clinical theory and its impact on the analytic process in psychoanalytic psychotherapy -- A different perspective on the therapeutic process: the impact of the patient on the analyst -- Knowing and being known -- How does psychoanalysis work? -- Intersubjective phenomena and emotional exchange: new considerations regarding transference and countertransference -- Constructing therapeutic alliance: the psychoanalyst's influence on the collaborative process -- The therapist is dreaming: the effect of the therapist's dreams on the therapeutic process -- The healing work of a practising psychoanalyst/psychotherapist