Special Topics in Couples Therapy: Managing Countertransference (October 2024)

In Countertransference Awareness and Treatment Outcomes, countertransference is defined as the therapists' conscious and unconscious reactions during treatment and reactions that arise in response to the patient’s transference. Abargil & Tishby’s (2022) found that managing countertransference does not reduce its occurrence but does lead to better therapy outcomes. The degree to which the countertransference is managed depends on factors such as the therapist’s degree of emotional awareness, willingness to investigate these feelings, and ability to attend to their own personal conflicts.

Gabbard (2020) writes that countertransference can be a useful source of information about the patient, however the therapist's own subjectivity impacts the way the patient's behavior is experienced. Counter transference should be expected in the therapeutic relationship and the therapist is advised to take an active role in understanding how their personal experiences impact their interpretation and understanding of the patient’s experience. This course explores how a clinician can practice self-awareness to manage countertransference while effectively utilizing transference and countertransference as tools for therapeutic progress.

Date

10/29/2024 11:50AM - 1:00PM EST

Instructors

Alexander Antonucci, LPC

Cost

$25.00

Credit Hours

1 ethics CE

Course Overview

Learning Objectives

Participants will describe key components of countertransference.
Participants will discover specific methods for managing countertransference in couples therapy.

Course Bibliography

Abargil, M., & Tishby, O. (2022). Countertransference awareness and treatment outcome. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 69(5), 667–677. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000620

Colli, A. & Ferri, M. (2015). Patient personality and therapist countertransference. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 28 (1), 46-56. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000119.

Gabbard G. O. (2020). The role of countertransference in contemporary psychiatric treatment. World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 19(2), 243–244. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20746

Jenks D. B. & Oka M. (2021) Breaking Hearts: Ethically Handling Transference and Countertransference in Therapy. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 49:5, 443- 460, DOI: 10.1080/01926187.2020.1830732

Sayers, J. (2021). ONLINE PSYCHOTHERAPY: TRANSFERENCE AND
COUNTERTRANSFERENCE ISSUES. British Journal of Psychotherapy 37, 2 223–
233. https://onlinelibrary-wiley com.proxy.library.upenn.edu/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/bjp.12624

Approvals

Cognitive Behavior Institute, #1771, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 06/30/2022-06/30/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1 ethics continuing education credit.

Cognitive Behavior Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0098 and the State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0646 and the State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0216.

Cognitive Behavior Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7117. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Cognitive Behavior Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Cognitive Behavior Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Cognitive Behavior Institute maintains responsibility for content of this program.

Social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors in Pennsylvania can receive continuing education from providers approved by the American Psychological Association. Since CBI is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education, licensed social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, and licensed professional counselors in Pennsylvania will be able to fulfill their continuing education requirements by attending CBI continuing education programs. For professionals outside the state of Pennsylvania, you must confirm with your specific State Board that APA approved CE's are accepted towards your licensure requirements. The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) has a process for approving individual programs or providers for continuing education through their Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. ACE approved providers and individual courses approved by ASWB are not accepted by every state and regulatory board for continuing education credits for social workers. Every US state other than New York accepts ACE approval for social workers in some capacity: New Jersey only accepts individually approved courses for social workers, rather than courses from approved providers. The West Virginia board requires board approval for live courses, but accepts ASWB ACE approval for other courses for social workers. For more information, please see https://www.aswb.org/ace/ace-jurisdiction-map/. Whether or not boards accept ASWB ACE approved continuing education for other professionals such as licensed professional counselors or licensed marriage and family therapists varies by jurisdiction. To determine if a course can be accepted by your licensing board, please review your board’s regulations or contact them. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.

Course Schedule

Course Date	Course Start Time	Course End Time	Timezone
10/29/2024	11:50AM	1:00PM	EST

Course Agenda

Course Event Day or Date	Course Agenda Time Block	Course Content Covered
DAY 1	11:50-12:00	Introduction
DAY 1	12:00-12:20	Exploration of the literature about countertransference
DAY 1	12:20-12:45	Practical methods for managing countertransference
DAY 1	12:45-1:00	Question and Answer

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