Description
Looking for Ground is a book that discusses the role of countertransference in psychoanalysis and how it has evolved over time. It also discusses the role of affect in understanding and the problem of value in psychoanalysis.
Providing a comprehensive understanding of the role of countertransference in analytic practice, Looking for Ground reviews and interprets the historical evolution of the concept, from those aspects of Freud's theory that led to the initial proscription of countertransference to the clinical findings that led to changes in its understanding and use. Subsequent sections of the book take up the role of affect in understanding and the problem of value in psychoanalysis.