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As we know, the transference is the sacred cow of the psychoanalytic treatment method. Since I have always been skeptical about sacred cows, I thought it worthwhile to examine this one and to question some of the premises that the psychoanalytic world has taken for granted.
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Menaker, E. (1991). Questioning the Sacred Cow of the Transference. In: Curtis, R.C., Stricker, G. (eds) How People Change. The Springer Series in Social / Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0741-7_2
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