Personal Musings on Countertransference in the Context of Becoming a Bioenergetic Analyst

Authors

  • Jacqueline Mills

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30820/0743-4804-2009-19-127

Keywords:

Countertransference, Shame, Narcissistic Wound, Projective Identification, Wounded Healer

Abstract

This paper is a personal account of the author’s understanding of her countertransference in relationship to a variety of clients. It was written during the second semester of her third year of bioenergetic training. Trainees were required to keep a journal of their process throughout the semester, noting specifically their awareness of their countertransference issues as they read the required readings and participated in the experiential exercises throughout the training weekends. The author explores ways in which her process in training and her process in her own therapy impact her growth and understanding of her countertransference.

Author Biography

Jacqueline Mills

Jacqueline Mills is a Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Hermosa Beach, California. She is currently in her final year of training as a bioenergetic analyst at the San Diego Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis. Jacqueline finished her training at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles in 2001 and will receive her PsyD from that institute in 2009.
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How to Cite

Mills, J. (2022). Personal Musings on Countertransference in the Context of Becoming a Bioenergetic Analyst. Bioenergetic Analysis, 19(1), 127–136. https://doi.org/10.30820/0743-4804-2009-19-127

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2009)

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