The wounded healer
Subtitle: countertransference from a Jungian perspective
By: David Sedgwick.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Jung, C. G. 1875-1961; Countertransference (Psychology); Countertransference (Psychology) -- Case studies.
Description: David Sedgwick's study candidly presents the therapist's countertransference struggles in an ongoing fashion, and shows how the analyst is, as Jung said, "as much in the analysis as the patient." Jung was one of the first analysts to stress the therapeutic potential of countertransference. The Wounded Healer extends Jung's ideas to create a new, dynamic view of countertransference processes. It stresses the importance of the analyst's own woundedness and how this may be used to aid the patient. Beginning with a discussion of the need and justification for a Jungian approach to countertransference, the book reviews Jungian theories and presents detailed illustrations of cases showing the complexity of the processes in both the patient and analyst. David Sedgwick concludes with a model of countertransference processing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-159) and index.