An Intensive Case Study of the Transference Recognition in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

[[abstract]]An Intensive Case Study of the Transference Recognition in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Shuching Huang Abstract The purposes of the study were to analyze the process of transference recognition, application of the transference and the meaning of the transference in psychotherapy process. One dyad of psychoanalytic therapist and client was participated in the study. They had twenty therapy sessions. After every therapy session, the psychoanalytic therapist was interviewed to understand her personal experiences about the transference. Grounded theory was applied to analysis the collected data. The results of the analysis were as follows：Constructing the couple relationship was the core factor to recognized identify transference by the therapist. The channel to identify transference was based on the psychotherapist’s cognitive and emotional awareness. The process of transference recognition was slowly recognized through the inter- and intra- dynamic between the client and the therapy. The roles of the therapist and the functions of transference were multi- dynamic. According to the results of the study, suggestions for therapy , counseling education, and future research were provided. Key words：therapist、 transference、psychoanalysis