Using the Transference in Psychotherapy

This book provides an historical and contemporary overview of the concept of transference in psychotherapy. The traditional view of transference is contrasted with the more modern relational view. The 'old' model views transference as a displacement of feelings and thoughts from the important people of childhood to a relatively neutral, anonymous and abstinent therapist. The 'new' model places more emphasis on the 'joint creation' of the transference by patient and therapist.

William N. Goldstein, M.D., is on the faculty of the Baltimore-Washington Institute for Psychoanalysis, where he is currently director of the Adult Psychotherapy Training Program and former president of the Society. He is also clinical professor of psychiatry at the Georgetown University Medical Center, a member of the editorial board of the American Journal of Psychotherapy, and a reviewer for the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. He has recently received one of the Edith Sabshin awards from the American Psychoanalytic Association for teaching of non-psychoanalysts. He has written extensively in professional journals and has previously published four books, including A Primer for Beginning Psychotherapy. Dr. Goldstein currently practices psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Samuel T. Goldberg, M.D., is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is on the faculties of the Baltimore-Washington Institute for Psychoanalysis and the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he has twice been named Teacher of the Year. Dr. Goldberg has also been honored with the Wendell Muncie Award by the Maryland Psychiatric Society. His recent writings have concerned psychoanalytic perspectives on the works of William Shakespeare. He currently consults to a wide range of community mental health settings and has a private practice of psychiatry and psychoanalysis in Baltimore and Columbia, Maryland.