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Countertransference and Large Group Dynamics in the church: Reflections on Pamela Cooper-White’s, Shared wisdom: Use of the self in pastoral care and counseling

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This article was presented as part of a 2005 American Academy of Religion book panel on Pamela Cooper-White's recent book on countertransference in pastoral care and counseling. A response to Dr. Cooper-White's contribution is offered from the perspective of large group dynamics and their countertransference implications for pastors and church consultants.

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  1. Dialogue Center for Counseling and Consulting, Presbyterian Church on the Mall, Plymouth Meeting Mall, Plymouth Meeting, PA, 19462, USA

    Wallace N. Fletcher

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Wallace N. Fletcher is an instructor in pastoral counseling at Newman College. He also teaches psychoanalytic theory at the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis in Philadelphia, PA.

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Fletcher, W.N. Countertransference and Large Group Dynamics in the church: Reflections on Pamela Cooper-White’s, Shared wisdom: Use of the self in pastoral care and counseling . Pastoral Psychol 55, 205–211 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-006-0038-x

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