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Notes on the Transference Papers: Transference as a Game

Pages 136-140
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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The articles on transference from the 1990 Brussels Conference Roundtable on “Transference and Transactions” are reviewed, and theoretical comparisons are made between classical psychoanalytic and transactionalanalytic viewpoints. Many popular concepts in TA practice are reviewed in illustrating the active use of transference and countertransference in setting up social level transactions, games, and scripts. Case examples illustrate the use of transference as a game, transference of family pairings in group therapy, and Berne's concept of the family Coat of Arms.

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Stephen B. Karpman

Stephen B. Karpman, M.D., is a “grandfather” and Certified Clinical Teaching Member in the ITAA, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and Coordinator of Offender Services at the Center For Special Problems in San Francisco. He maintains a part-time private practice in San Francisco and conducts TA training workshops on intimacy, games, and scripts in the United States and abroad.
 

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