Countertransference and Personality Pathology: Development and Clinical Application of the Countertransference Questionnaire

Abstract

This chapter reports on the factor structure and reliability of the Countertransference Questionnaire [33] designed to assess the range of cognitive, affective, and behavioral responses therapists have to their patients. To our best knowledge, this is the only broad measure of countertransference with ecological validity in its application to directly studying clinicians' countertransference reactions in treating patients. Although Najavits and colleagues [34] developed the Ratings of Emotional Attitudes to Clients by Treaters scale (REACT), a clinically subtle measure of countertransference, it is restricted primarily to the study of therapist responses to patients in treatment for substance abuse. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved). (chapter)