Countertransference and Communication in the Analytic Situation

By means of illustrative clinical material, Dr. Jacobs, with great insight, demonstrates how the interplay between the psychologies of patient and analyst affects the course and outcome of psychoanalytic work. He presents a penetrating study of the many dimensions of this dynamic interaction: how treatment process is influenced by the nonverbal behavior of both participants, by reciprocal enactments, by secrets held by patient and analyst, and by subtle and covert transference-countertransference interactions. With great intuition and perception, Dr. Jacobs shows how the relationships that develop between the various trannsferences that unfold in treatment provide valuable clues to a patient’s history and how fantasies mutually enacted by patient and analyst at the outset of treatment affect its subsequent development.