From the Other Side: Countertransference in Spanish-Speaking Dyads

Abstract

This paper focuses on the tensions and choices presented to the therapist as a result of the Spanish-speaking therapeutic coupling. Specifically, issues regarding the debate on the therapist's self-disclosure, both inherent and at other times purposeful, will be illustrated. Thereafter, the author shares the personal dimensions of doing this work and its interface with cultural dilemmas. Finally, the paper concludes with a clinical example that highlights the fluidity of word meanings and potential for and use of countransferential enactments. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)