Maxine Mei-Fung Chung with Isy Suttie
The Penguin Podcast
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Counter-Transferrence: A Therapy Approach to Feeling Pain
Counter-traffering is a kind of therapy jargon isn't it if we think I tend to think of it as a you know in a kind of relay race if we think about a baton. So let's take for example Terry who's relaying the story of not wanting her head lice to leave her and as she's relays the story I'm feeling incredibly hurt upset sad but her feelings don't match the story she's telling because she's slightly in denial or dissociated from those feelings so my counter-transferrence is that I'm holding that baton for her until she's ready to have those feelings. When that time feels right I might just gently hand it back
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