t to deal successfully withcountertransference reactions? Although little theory and research address these issues, Hayes, et al. (1991) andVan Wagoner, Gelso, Hayes and Diemer (1991) studied the personalcharacteristics that therapists believe assist them in the management ofcountertransference. The five therapist qualities theorized to assist the effectivemanagement of countertransference were (I) anxiety management, (2)conceptualizing skills, (3) empathic ability, (4) self-insight and (5) self-integration. Using these studies as an anchor, this study looks at how beginning therapists ratethe effectiveness of the five qualities in helping them manage countertransference,and it explores whether gender, age and months in individual and/or grouppsychotherapy ...
