Countertransference
Submitted by dab7694 on December 3, 2008
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Countertransference
Countertransference is when the therapist, during the course of therapy, develops positive or negative feelings toward the patient. This to is normal during therapy. However, therapists must not act on such feelings. To act on them is unethical. Sections 4.05 and 4.07 of APA's Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct state:
· 4.05 Sexual Intimacies With Current Patients or Clients.
o Psychologists do not engage in sexual intimacies with current patients or clients.
· 4.07 Sexual Intimacies With Former Therapy Patients.
o (a) Psychologists do not engage in sexual intimacies with a former therapy patient or client for at least two years...
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