The aim of this study is to investigate the relation between transference and countertransference patterns and personality pathology. A sample of 30 randomly selected patients has been assessed by their cognitive psychotherapists with a battery of instruments including 1) the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure-200 (Westen, Shedler, 1999a) for personality traits and disorders; 2) the Countertransference Questionnaire (Betan et al., 2005) for countertransference patterns, 3) the Psychotherapy Relationship Questionnaire (Bradley et al., 2005) for transference patterns; and 4) the Symptom Check List Revised (Derogatis, 1983), to assess levels of psychopathology. Preliminary results suggest that countertransference and transference dimensions emerging in the therapeutic relationship are not arbitrary: clinicians’ responses to patients with specific types of personality pathology occur in coherent and predictable patterns (Dimaggio et al., 2007).
Countertransference, transference and personality pathology: An empirical study / Tanzilli, Annalisa; Carcione, A.; Dimaggio, G.; Lingiardi, Vittorio; Semerari, A.. - STAMPA. - (2009). (Intervento presentato al convegno 7th European Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) tenutosi a Bolzano, Italia nel 1-3 ottobre 2009).
Countertransference, transference and personality pathology: An empirical study
TANZILLI, ANNALISA;LINGIARDI, Vittorio;
2009
Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the relation between transference and countertransference patterns and personality pathology. A sample of 30 randomly selected patients has been assessed by their cognitive psychotherapists with a battery of instruments including 1) the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure-200 (Westen, Shedler, 1999a) for personality traits and disorders; 2) the Countertransference Questionnaire (Betan et al., 2005) for countertransference patterns, 3) the Psychotherapy Relationship Questionnaire (Bradley et al., 2005) for transference patterns; and 4) the Symptom Check List Revised (Derogatis, 1983), to assess levels of psychopathology. Preliminary results suggest that countertransference and transference dimensions emerging in the therapeutic relationship are not arbitrary: clinicians’ responses to patients with specific types of personality pathology occur in coherent and predictable patterns (Dimaggio et al., 2007).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
