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What is Positive Countertransference

Chapter 6
Techniques and Interventions for Play Therapy and Clinical Supervision
Often includes positive feelings towards clients and/or an over-identification with clients and their situation that can lead to countertherapeutic behaviors.
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Addressing the Parallel Process, Countertransference, and Resistance in Supervision Using Play and Expressive Arts Techniques
Jessie D. Guest (University of South Carolina, USA) and Kimberly Williams-Thompson (Gardner-Webb University, USA)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4628-4.ch006
Abstract
This chapter defines and explains parallel processing, countertransference, and resistance among counselors and supervisors working with children and adolescents. Children and adolescents communicate, process, and express feelings differently than adults; therefore, increasing the likelihood that counselors and supervisors may experience parallel processing, countertransference, and resistance. Additionally, this chapter also provides case examples to illustrate these three processes supervision as well as identify play, creative arts, and mindfulness interventions to help understand and mediate these processes for both supervisees and supervisors.
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