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Elaboration of countertransference experience (ECE): implicit and explicit psychological work to which therapists submit experiences with patients (Barreto & Matos, 2016) • Mentalizing process of a particular kind (therapists’ self-oriented mentalizing) through which therapists’ experiences acquire and increase in mental quality (ibd.) • Research addressing psychotherapists’ mentalization is extremely scarce, and very few studies within this field involved real patients as participants • Preliminary findings suggest that therapist mentalization processes benefit therapeutic work (Cologon et al., 2017; Rizq & Target, 2010; Reading, 2013) • Despite established association between the constructs, no studies to our knowledge have yet investigated the impact of attachment on therapist mentalizing processes • Evidence that patients’ attachment dimensions affect therapeutic process (e.g., Diener & Monroe, 2012) • Mixed results concerning the impact of therapist attachment and therapistpatient attachment match on therapy (e.g., Degnan et al., 2016) • Therapist attachment dimensions may impact psychotherapy in interaction with patients variables (Bucci et al., 2015; Schauenburg et al., 2010) • Relational similarity may benefit initial alliance, but dissimilarity may disconfirm transference expectations and facilitate transforming experiences (Bernier & Dozier, 2002; Mallinckrodt et al., 2009)
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Keywords
ECE Therapeutic process
Citation
Barreto, J., Saraiva, L., & Matos, P. (2017, julho). Does attachment predict psychotherapists’ mentalization with real patients? International Attachment Conference: Putting attachment theory to work - From basic science to clinical application, Londres. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.36738.79049
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WCAIMH