COUNTERTRANSFERENCE RELATED SUBIECTS Selected Papers HAROLD F. SEARLES, M.D. wi Countertransference and Related Subjects ~ pweoz \ Selected Papers HAR@LD-F. SEAREES, M:De Collectively, the papers in this volume deal with, more than anything else, countertransference—that is, the atti- tudes and feelings, conscious or uncon- scious, on the analyst’s part toward the patient. Throughout these papers, Dr. Searles shows how crucial it is that the analyst have, or develop, the courage and honesty to become as aware as pos- sible of whatever thoughts, fantasies, and emotions the work with a particular patient arouses in him. The analyst, as- serts Dr. Searles, must have the humility to be ever-ready to discover that these feeling-experiences of his “own,” even the most seemingly private of them, are to a significant degree a function of the patient’s life history, being evoked in the analyst through the medium of the pa- tient’s transference reactions and _atti- tudes. Many pioneering theoretical concepts are introduced in this predominantly clinical work. Dr. Searles dwells much upon therapeutic symbiosis; the patient's therapeutic strivings on behalf of the analyst; and various psychodynamic pro- cesses characteristic of borderline, schiz- oid, narcissistic, and severely neurotic patients. Countertransference and Related Sub- jects is a pioneering and fundamental contribution to psychoanalytic and gen- eral psychiatric theory. It is intended to assist those practitioners of psychoanal- ysis and psychoanalytic therapy who are working, whether in private practice or in institutions, with the more resistive patients of whatever diagnosis. DATE DUE wi? 88) nazi — le 52 989) FEB 1 4/1 991 x ie ce WNL FPP [to Ci a Sdoeubned Parga coe yee_41 1989 a . d B8 1 5 IS89T TT JAN 25 “40 ; Mant | AUG I 7 1992 : SER asy lay novos wp | d —iOt eatpl ense n SAYLORD 234 e/a PRINTED IM U.8 .A , 39 RC 506 Searles, Harold F ~S4 _Countertransference and related subjects; selected papers -- New York : International Universities Press, cl1979. B25 p. Ribliography: p. 603 lee e Includes index. 1. Countertransference (Psychology) - Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Schizophrenia - Addresses, essays, lectures. |. Title. y JOHN F. KENNEDY UNIVERSITY LIBRARY "12 ALTARINDA ROAD, ORINDA, CA 94563 To Renew Books yw Books | PHONE (925) 969-3100 54 0200 x 36} 253-" 2233. COUNTERTRANSFERENCE AND RELATED SUBJECTS * W t COUNTERTRANSFERENCE AND RELATED SUBJECTS Selected Papers : by HAROLD F. SEARLES, M.D. INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES PRESS, INC. New York Copyright © 1979, Harold F. Searles All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means, nor translated into a machine language, without the written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging im Publication Data Searles, Harold F Countertransference and related subjects. : Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Countertransference (Psychology)—Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Schizophrenia—Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Title. [DNLM: 1. Counter- transference (Psychology)—Collected works. WM62 S439c]} RC506.S4 616.8'982'06 77-92186 ISBN 0-8236-1085-3 Third Printing, 1981 ae | Manufactured in the United States of America To David and Sandy Sandra and Peter Don and Valerie