ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book presents perspective partakes of all of the threads, with greatest emphasis on certain aspects and modifications of the 'wounded healer' and 'rain-maker' positions. From a Jungian perspective a 'wounded healer' does not mean a 'once wounded, now recovered' one, but one who is currently vulnerable as well. The fantasy of the therapist's invulnerability has to be dropped, since counter transferencework, at least the 'wounded healer' form relies on the therapist's wounds in new or old editions. The book focuses on the idea that countertransference is useful in and for therapy. It examines countertransference work would naturally seem to involve superior intuitive and feeling tendencies. The book explores the most extensive written document to date on the phenomenology of countertransference from a Jungian perspective. It attempts to generalize that individual perspective by theorizing further about a countertransference-oriented way of working.
