PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - SP Sattar AU - DA Pinals AU - T Gutheil TI - Countering countertransference: a forensic trainee's dilemma DP - 2002 Mar 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 65--69 VI - 30 IP - 1 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/30/1/65.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/30/1/65.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2002 Mar 01; 30 AB - Forensic psychiatry involves an adaptation to a role that is very different from the psychiatrist's previous clinical experiences. To render an unbiased forensic opinion, psychiatrists have to rise above their countertransference feelings. This takes years of practice and experience. The following is an account of a forensic trainee who faced several countertransference problems as he evaluated a patient charged with attempted murder. The case report is interspersed with a review of the relevant literature.