ABSTRACT
As with interpretation, transference – the other foundational Freudian concept – has come under much recent attack. In this chapter I examine the controversy and try to extract from the debate a working definition of transference that I consider to be reasonable while justifying the notion that working in the transference is an essential part of any psychodynamic work. As in Chapter 8, I try to differentiate between Freudian and object relational conceptualizations of transference both in theory and in clinical application.
