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Although clinical lore suggests that patients with specific personality features might evoke distinct countertransference responses irrespective of clinicians' theoretical orientations, few previous empirical studies have tested these ideas. In this Italian study, 203 practicing psychiatrists and psychologists completed the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure–200, describing the personality features, personality disorders, and psychosocial functioning of one of their own nonpsychotic adult patients. The patient chosen was the last patient seen in the preceding week who met study criteria and who had been seen for a minimum of eight sessions during no more than 6 months
Clinicians also completed a countertransference questionnaire to characte…