The origins of the notion of countertransference

The aim of this paper is to historically contextualize and ana- lyze the birth and early development of the concept of coun- tertransference, introduced by Sigmund Freud in 1909. In or- der to do so, scienti c publications will be considered, as well as the epistolary and the historical information about the personal relationship between Freud and his students, and among his students and some of their colleagues and patient