The past and the present : the evolution of countertransference -- Freud's legacy : ambivalence -- Conceptions of countertransference -- The past and the present -- Where are we now points of convergence and contention -- An integrative conception of countertransference -- Defining countertransference : what it is and what it is not -- Some key distinctions -- The structure of countertransference -- Countertransference within different theoretical stances -- countertransference in the cognitive-behavioral approach -- Psychoanalysis the birthplace of countertransference revisited -- Humanistic-experiential perspectives on countertransference -- countertransference and the therapists experiential world -- Dimensions of the therapists inner experience -- Objective countertransference and the therapists subjectivity -- The role of the therapists subjectivity -- The therapists subjectivity : a transtheoretical approach -- The management of countertransference -- Preventing the adverse effects from countertransference -- Remediating the negative effects of countertransference -- Making use of the positive aspects of countertransference -- Empirical research on countertransference -- What do we know about countertransference? -- The future of research on countertransference -- Countertransference and the psychotherapist's subjectivity conclusions and recommendations