Therapists who are unaware of their personal issues and needs run the risk of engaging in destructive types of countertransference with clients. It is then that countertransference becomes an ethical issue as well as a dynamic clinical issue. Destructive countertransference can be manifested in a number of ways:
1 ) overprotecting the client because of the therapist's own fears,
2) treating clients benignly and superficially because of the therapist's fear of anger and confrontation,
3) rejecting clients because they may be needy or dependent,
4) requiring continuous approval and validation from clients, because of the therapist's need for acceptance and liking,
5) overidentification with clients' issues and behaviors resulting in a loss of objectivity,
6) advice-giving, out of the needs for power and superiority, and
7) exploiting clients emotionally or socially
Therapists who are unaware of their personal issues and needs run the risk of engaging in destructive types of countertransference with clients. It is then that countertransference becomes an ethical issue as well as a dynamic clinical issue. Destructive countertransference can be manifested in a number of ways:
1 ) overprotecting the client because of the therapist's own fears,
2) treating clients benignly and superficially because of the therapist's fear of anger and confrontation,
3) rejecting clients because they may be needy or dependent,
4) requiring continuous approval and validation from clients, because of the therapist's need for acceptance and liking,
5) overidentification with clients' issues and behaviors resulting in a loss of objectivity,
6) advice-giving, out of the needs for power and superiority, and
7) exploiting clients emotionally or socially
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