COUN 400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Countertransference
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Anxiety can be a normal reaction to facing a new or threatening situation. Too much anxiety can render an intern unable to pay attention to the client. Helpers must learn how to manage their anxiety. Clients may have a multitude of feelings and reactions to you. Transference takes place even in the practice of brief counseling. Approach defensive behaviors with interest and respect rather than with impatience and judgment. Pay attention to your own feelings about a client who imposes on you and makes unreasonable demands of you will give you a sense of how significant people in. Clients may have realistic feelings towards you and this client"s life are affected by their behavior it"s not always transference. Attend to the feelings you are experiencing in relationship to the client and identify the sources of these reactions. When counselor"s personal issues are brought into awareness, the chances that countertransference will be properly managed increase.
