The person who is the psychotherapist.

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A description of subjective influences and patterns in the psychotherapist which are thought to be importantly influential in determining the success of the therapeutic process. Inappropriate gratifications for the psychotherapist in the conduct of intensive psychotherapy include seeking for 1-way intimacy, imagining omnipotence, atttempting to master contingency, protected and disguised giving of tenderness, and displaced rebelliousness. More appropriate or "synergic" gratifications include participation, personal growth, immersion in psychological processes, and contribution to the patient's growth. Maturity in the therapist is believed to be expressed through humility, selective participation, genuine encounter, an evolving conceptuum, and the acceptance of the guilt of being a psychotherapist. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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