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The group situation almost forces the therapist to use, observe, and analyze his countertransference. Unless he does so, it may become counterresistance. Working through of countertransference feelings results in better adaptation of the group to the therapist, to each other, and to external reality. It is finally resolved at the end of group therapy. Countertransference is to a limited and controlled degree a tool of the therapist's empathy and relationship to his patients.