Kay Bradway, PhD, JA, CST-T
Journal of Sandplay Therapy
Volume 1, Issue 1, 1991
Keywords
co-transference, transference, counter-transference, free and protected space, Jungian analysis, Freud, Klein, Jung, Fordham, Kohut, Weinrib, sandplay therapy, clinical example, sandplayco-transference, transference, counter-transference, free and protected space, Jungian analysis, Freud, Klein, Jung, Fordham, Kohut, Weinrib, sandplay therapy, clinical example, sandplay
Abstract
Discussion of transference and countertransference with reference to Kalff, Freud, Jung, Fordham, and Kohut is followed by a presentation of the rationale for using the term CO-transference when speaking of transference/countertransference. CO-transference is illustrated by the presentation of the sandplay process of a woman in her late forties who continued her analysis with a Jungian analyst during the time of her sandplay process. Her 12 sandtrays, shown in full color, are discussed in detail with special attention paid to the CO-transference, such as her depiction of anger (apparently not experienced consciously) following the misunderstanding about the time of an appointment, and depiction of positive feelings after a positive verbal interchange. A delayed three-way review of the full process is made with her Jungian analyst.
This article was republished in volume 31, number 2, with an introduction by Judy D. Zappacosta, and can be read online.
Suggested Citation
Bradway, K. (1991). Transference and countertransference in sandplay therapy. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.61711/jst.1991.01.1.227
