The Ethics of Countertransference: Race, Gender, Religious, and Political Beliefs

Course Materials

Part 1 - Unit 1: Therapist Self Disclosure
Part 1 - Unit 2: Countertransference and race
Part 1 - Unit 3: Countertransference: gender and religious beliefs
Part 2: Politics, Self-care, and Ethics
Part 2 - Unit 1: Countertransference and political beliefs
Part 2 - Unit 2: When to do Therapist Political Self Disclosure (TPSD)
Part 2 - Unit 3: How to manage political countertransference
Part 2 - Unit 4: How to regulate, and ethical principles
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