Countertransference to parents in child psychotherapy.

The author refers in this paper to countertransference to parents of children in treatment, within the conceptual framework of Racker's (1) terms concordant and complementary countertransference. In the second part of the paper the author demonstrates that the use of the concept counter-transference to somebody who is not the actual patient has theoretical basis. It is then hypothesized that the simultaneous analysis of the types of countertransference to the parent and to the child might reveal important information regarding the developmental place of the child, and thus, help the therapist in the child's treatment.