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A Psychoanalytic Case Study

Infertility, in Vitro Fertilization, and Countertransference

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Gender in Transition

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When she first came into therapy, Sally was young, lovely, and starting to disentangle herself from an ungratifying marriage. I was just finishing analytic training and was newly pregnant. It was a hopeful time in both our lives.

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  1. City University of New York-Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, 11210, USA

    Harriette Kaley

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  1. Psychoanalytic Society of the Postdoctoral Program for Study and Research in Psychology, New York, New York, USA

    Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg Ph.D.

  2. Brooklyn Institute for Psychotherapy, 11215, Brooklyn, New York, USA

    Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg Ph.D.

  3. National Institute for the Psychotherapies, 10019, New York, New York, USA

    Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg Ph.D.

  4. Yeshiva University, 10033, New York, New York, USA

    Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg Ph.D.

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Kaley, H. (1989). A Psychoanalytic Case Study. In: Offerman-Zuckerberg, J. (eds) Gender in Transition. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5631-8_7

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