Hirsch, Irwin

Coasting in the countertransference : conflicts of self interest between analyst and patient / Irwin Hirsch - New York : Analytic Press, 2008 - xv, 220 p. ; 23 cm. - Psychoanalysis in a new key book series ; v. 7 . - Psychoanalysis in a new key book series ; v. 7 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-215) and index

Coasting in the countertransference: analysts' pursuit of self interest -- The influence of situational factors, in analysts' lives and preferred relational states, on analytic participation -- Analysts' character structure and the wish for emotional equilibrium -- Preferred patients, preferred relational configurations -- Psychoanalytic theory and its unexamined comforts -- Baldness -- Money and the therapeutic frame -- Money and the ongoing therapeutic relationship references

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Countertransference (Psychology)
Professional-Patient Relations
Conflict of Interest

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