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“Why Harold Searles?” you ask. Some of you may have come because you have an answer of your own and are curious about mine. I dare say, however, that by far the larger number came because of the phrase “the vicissitudes of transference and countertransference” and hoped that Searles or I might have something to say that sheds light on this flavor on the month. I hope you won't be disappointed.
When I say “flavor of the month,” I mean that countertransference is everywhere these days. One begins with the two classic texts: Heinrich Racker's Transference and Countertransference (1968) and Searles'.Countertransference and Related Subjects (1979). But beyond those, and without any attempt on my part to be systematic or even to search, the following titles have turned up on my desk in recent months: Essential Papers on Transference (Esman, 1990); Essential Papers on Countertransference (Wolstein, 1988), Counter-transference: A Comprehensive View (Slakter, 1987); Countertransference: The Therapist's Contribution to the Therapeutic Situation (Epstein and Feiner, 1983); The Power of Countertransference: Innovations in Analytic Technique (Maroda, 1991); Countertransference: Triumphs and Catastrophes (Giovacchini, 1989); Between Analyst and Patient: New Dimensions in Countertransference and Transference