Negative Therapeutic Reaction and Stuck Cases: Mind Control Transference in the Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder

Course overview

The mind control (invasion) transference (MCT) is an extreme form of traumatic transference in patients with dissociative identity disorder (DID) and related very severe, complex dissociative trauma disorders. It is defined as he patient's belief that the therapist's overt helpfulness and concern is really in the interest of gaining access to the patient's mind in order to malevolently invade and control the patient psychologically.