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Victoria: A Study of the Countertransference Through Poetry Writing

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In the present work the analyst uses herself and her poetry writing as heuristic tools in the study of the countertransference during the treatment of a woman immersed in the alcoholic syndrome. The poems presented here are shown to have served a multiplicity of functions: (a) as a means to record, document and study countertransferential feelings, (b) as holding environments or containers, (c) at times as diagnostic tools, and finally, (d) as developmental signposts of the treatment process.

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  1. Philadelphia, and New Jersey, 1420 Locust St., Apt. 37J, Philadelphia, Pa., 19102, USA

    Manya Bean Ph.D., NCPsyA (Supervising and Training Analyst, Faculty Member, private practice)

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Bean, M. Victoria: A Study of the Countertransference Through Poetry Writing. J Poetry Ther 11, 17–31 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03391526

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