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The concepts of transference and countertransference are examined in the light of current knowledge about the unconscious. These are redefined as action patterns which are not conscious because they have not become integrated into the individual's meaning system. It is proposed that the process of therapy consists in part in a mutually interactive construction of the client's “reality”. In order for this construction to take place another construction, that of the therapeutic culture must come first.
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Saari, C. The created relationship: Transference, countertransference and the therapeutic culture. Clin Soc Work J 14, 39–51 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00755430
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