Transference &

Countertransference 

PART II:

 Our Mistakes and Your Cases

with David Bedrick & Lisa Blair 

A 90-minute Seminar for therapists, healers, coaches, and teachers

“If you work with people in any capacity, you need to watch this.”
—class participant

We have all had clients that have been difficult for us.

Perhaps they fall in love with us, are particularly critical of us, resist all of our efforts to help, see us as wise gurus with all the answers, or even feel unsafe with us the way they did in earlier traumatic relationships.

In short, our clients project onto us (transference) and our ease and flow gets disrupted (countertransference).

Indications that you are engaged on a countertransference:

  • You want to convince them to stop or start doing something

  • You want to push them further

  • You feel critical

  • You feel hurt

  • You feel irritated 

  • You feel bored

  • You want to ‘rescue’ them

  • You believe they are resistant

Part II of Transference and Countertransference will focus on the GOOD STUFF. The real-life cases from their practice AND YOURS.

And you’ll be getting 2 for 1: David will bring his 35 years of client experience and Lisa will bring her 16 years of client experience with their humility, knowledge and wisdom.

Don’t miss this essential learning.

This is essential learning, especially for those of us who are working independently without training in this area.

This is a skill issue, where we need to learn HOW to deal with these projections.

This is an awareness issue, where we need to learn to “see” when this is happening. 

This is an ethical issue, where our entanglements can weave into a client’s abuse and trauma issues and cause injury.

It’s an issue we all need to learn and keep learning about.

GET ACCESS TO THE CLASS:

The live class is now complete and the recording is available for purchase on its own or as a bundle with Transference, Countertransference & other Entanglements in the Therapeutic Relationship PART I

Here’s what students have said:

“David, this seminar was incredibly impactful! You put words to entanglements I have been experiencing with 1:1 clients and was unsure how to navigate.”

“It’s brilliant thank you so much for your generosity.” - Mona

“If you work with people in any capacity, you need to watch this.”

“You two are awesome ~~ open hearted - present - aware - skillful - generous - kind - thoughtful -modeling values and respect -  dedicated ~ ~ Thank you - what a wonderful reminder of the world we want to live in and do live in.” - Ann

“This has been so great! Thank you so much!!” - Nisha

“Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and personal stories, it’s a pleasure to learn from you. “

“This was so helpful, thank you! The depth of knowledge and wisdom shared in real time is such a gift.” - Liz

Meet David

David Bedrick, JD, Dipl. PW, is a teacher, counselor, and attorney. He was on the faculty for the University of Phoenix and the Process Work Institute in the U.S. and Poland and is the founder of the Santa Fe Institute for Shame-based Studies where he offers facilitation training to deepen the skills and awareness of healers as well as workshops for individuals to further their own personal development. David’s embodied way of teaching is far more than informational, students are often brought to tears and face to face with their beauty, power, life path and soul. 

David’s passion for studying shame arose from his childhood, growing up with a father who used fists and belts to express his rage and a mother who coped by denying and gaslighting his experience. Over thirty years of research, teaching, and working with individuals awakened his heart and mind to how the dominant healing paradigm pathologizes people—seeing our sufferings and ills as something to fix and cure instead of messages to be understood and invitations to deepen our relationships with ourselves and the world around us. In this way, David understands our difficulties as “dreams”—invitations to insight, soul, and the divine unfolding of our lives. 

David writes for Psychology Today and is the author of three books: Talking Back to Dr. Phil: Alternatives to Mainstream Psychology and Revisioning Activism: Bringing Depth, Dialogue, and Diversity to Individual and Social Change. His new book is You Can’t Judge a Body by Its Cover: 17 Women’s Stories of Hunger, Body Shame and Redemption.  

His fourth book, The Unshaming Way, was published by North Atlantic Books in 2024.

Meet Lisa

Lisa Blair, MA, Dipl. PW, is a scholar, a PhD candidate at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and a psychotherapist who consults and teaches internationally. Her doctoral work explores redefining intimacy to address the unprecedented challenges romantic partners face in a postnormal world. Her research has been published in World Futures, the Journal of Consciousness Studies, and the Second Edition of the International Handbook of Love. She and her husband, David Bedrick, co-host In Two Deep, a podcast about emotional intimacy, conflict, and connection from a depth psychological perspective. Lisa is also the publisher at Belly Song Press, a small independent press of nonfiction titles in psychology, social justice, and leadership. www.lisablair.com