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Entering the Abyss: Countertransference When Working with Torturers

Countertransference themes which developed in therapeutic and research relationships with torturers are described and explored. They include dysregulated affect, a sense of role reversal, disconnection from others, anger, a sense of betraying victims and the disruption of long-held beliefs. Ways of dealing with countertransference in relation to perpetrators are also discussed.