Montecchi, Francesco
TRANSFERENCE, COUNTER-TRANSFERENCE, RESISTANCE: FROM RELATIONSHIP TO REPRESENTATION
Journal of Sandplay Therapy, Volume 13, Number 2, 2004
KEY WORDS: sandplay therapy, clinical example, anorexia, bulimia, resistance, transference, counter-transference.
ABSTRACT: The inter-individual relationship between analyst and patient has been the basic premise for all the therapeutic orientations of psychoanalysis and analysis: resistance, transference and counter-transference. In this article the author proposes his considerations on the transferences and resistances that are activated in the therapeutic process, concentrating on specific ways in which the transference and resistances can be recognized in sandplay.