Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast
Aug 14, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min · 8 segments
In this practical Q&A episode with Dr. Jonathan Shedler, the psychodynamic psychotherapy cohort explores working with transference in real time, focusing on timing, technique, and the here-and-now…
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This topic is called Working with Transference, Timing, Technique, and the Here and Now.
This was a part of one of my psychodynamic cohort special sessions, so you will hear a bunch of different people ask Jonathan Scheller questions.
We'll be talking about the practical realities of recognizing and working with transference as it unfolds moment by moment in the session.
Rather than staying at the level of theory, we will focus on clinical decisions therapists face in real time.
How do you know when a patient's feeling towards you reflect a meaningful transference pattern? When does an interpretation open space for growth, and when does it risk overwhelming the patient or derailing the process? We discuss how the work changes across levels of personality organization, the handling of negative and erotic transference, the importance of the therapeutic frame, triangulation, idealization and splitting, devaluation, projection, projective identification.
We also explore the indispensable role of the therapist's own countertransference as clinical data and the necessity of ongoing consultation and supervision, and how to respond to patients who chronically seek reassurance.
Unfortunately, we had to cut out about half of it due to, you know, actual clinical cases being discussed.
So I hope that this is enough to whet your appetite, to enjoy, to get something of value out of.
As always, you're welcome to send me an email at psychiatrypodcast.com with any thoughts, reflections, people, other people I should have on the podcast.
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This topic is called Working with Transference, Timing, Technique, and the Here and Now.
This was a part of one of my psychodynamic cohort special sessions, so you will hear a bunch of different people ask Jonathan Scheller questions.
We'll be talking about the practical realities of recognizing and working with transference as it unfolds moment by moment in the session.
Rather than staying at the level of theory, we will focus on clinical decisions therapists face in real time.
How do you know when a patient's feeling towards you reflect a meaningful transference pattern? When does an interpretation open space for growth, and when does it risk overwhelming the patient or derailing the process? We discuss how the work changes across levels of personality organization, the handling of negative and erotic transference, the importance of the therapeutic frame, triangulation, idealization and splitting, devaluation, projection, projective identification.
We also explore the indispensable role of the therapist's own countertransference as clinical data and the necessity of ongoing consultation and supervision, and how to respond to patients who chronically seek reassurance.
Unfortunately, we had to cut out about half of it due to, you know, actual clinical cases being discussed.
So I hope that this is enough to whet your appetite, to enjoy, to get something of value out of.
As always, you're welcome to send me an email at psychiatrypodcast.com with any thoughts, reflections, people, other people I should have on the podcast.