Title
The Impact Of The Sibling In Clinical Practice: Transference And Countertransference Dynamics
Keywords
Countertransference; Psychotherapy/therapy; Relational therapy; Sibling; Transference
Abstract
For many years, the impact of sibling relationships on psychological development has been neglected in the literature, overshadowed by the role of the parent-child relationship. As a result, attention to sibling dynamics and sibling transference as valuable information for case formulation and treatment interventions has not been used to its maximum potential. The authors demonstrate how deliberate consideration of sibling dynamics as well as the transferences and countertransferences associated with those dynamics can facilitate treatment. Several important sibling dynamics are discussed, including siblings' influences on identity development; sibling rivalry, jealousy, envy, guilt, and resentment; and sibling attachment. The impact of sibling dynamics on adult love relationships is discussed, as are potential effects of sibling abuse and sibling bereavement. Examples of how these dynamics can manifest themselves in transference and countertransference reactions and suggestions for working with those dynamics are illustrated with clinical examples. Copyright 2005 by the Educational Publishing Foundation.
Publication Date
9-1-2005
Publication Title
Psychotherapy
Volume
42
Issue
3
Number of Pages
267-278
Document Type
Review
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-3204.42.3.267
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
27644474305 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/27644474305
STARS Citation
Moser, Casey J.; Jones, Rebecca A.; and Zaorski, Donna M., "The Impact Of The Sibling In Clinical Practice: Transference And Countertransference Dynamics" (2005). Scopus Export 2000s. 3757.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/3757