O mo liwo ci u ycia przeciwprzeniesienia w terapii par [On the possibility of using countertransference in couples therapy]

Countertransference is a concept not addressed by many theoretical approaches in family and couples therapy. Strong feelings for couples as well as individual partners are, however, a common experience among therapists, regardless of their theoretical orientation.This paper refers to the concept of countertransference in couples therapy, demonstrates its clinical and diagnostic usefulness and indicates important directions in couples therapy, from the perspective of countertransference. Fragments of three therapeutic sessions illustrate the use of countertransference directly in interventions in couples therapy session, in order to extractconsciously unidentified elements of mental life of individuals, as well as the couples.