Trauma and the Therapist Countertransference and Vicarious Traumatization in Psychotherapy with Incest Survivors

by Pearlman, Laurie Anne; Saakvitne, Karen W.

• ISBN13: 9780393701838
• ISBN10: 0393701832
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-06-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

This book explores the role and experience of the therapist in the therapeutic relationship by examining countertransference (the therapist's response to the client) and vicarious traumatization (the therapist's response to the stories of abuse told by client after client). The authors address specific issues that arise in treatment of incest survivors.

Author Biography

Laurie Anne Pearlman, Ph.D., is clinical psychologist at the Traumatic Stress Institute/Center for Adult and Adolescent Psychotherapy in South Windsor, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction	p. 1
The Therapeutic Relationship as the Context for Countertransference and Vicarious Traumatization	p. 15
Psychoanalytic Theory and Psychological Trauma: Historical and Critical Review	p. 35
Constructivist Self Development Theory and Trauma Therapy	p. 55
Countertransference Responses to Incest	p. 77
Countertransference Responses to Common Transference Themes with Incest Survivor Clients	p. 99
Countertransference Responses to Dissociative Processes in Psychotherapy	p. 120
The Influence of Countertransference on Therapeutic Frame and Boundaries	p. 147
Countertransference Themes for Survivor Therapists	p. 174
The Role of Gender in Transference and Countertransference	p. 190
Therapeutic Impasses with Survivor Clients	p. 212
Cotherapists' Countertransference in Group Therapy with Incest Survivors	p. 232
Double Jeopardy: Countertransference with Clients Sexually Abused by Previous Therapists	p. 255
Vicarious Traumatization: How Trauma Therapy Affects the Therapist	p. 279
What Contributes to Vicarious Traumatization?	p. 295
The Countertransference-Vicarious Traumatization Cycle	p. 317
Countertransference and Vicarious Traumatization Across the Therapist's Professional Development	p. 336
Supervision and Consultation for Trauma Therapies	p. 359
Addressing Vicarious Traumatization	p. 382
The Rewards of Doing Trauma Therapy	p. 400
Appendix	p. 407
References	p. 413
Index	p. 435
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