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Transference interpretations in focal therapy

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.4.405

There are three contradictory positions regarding the usefulness of transference interpretations in focal therapy: they are 1) indispensable, 2) to be avoided, or 3) not important compared with nonspecific therapeutic factors. After a review of the rationale and the uncompelling research supporting each position, the authors suggest tentative indications for transference interpretation in focal therapy and illustrate these with two cases.

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