RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Countering countertransference: a forensic trainee's dilemma JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law SP 65 OP 69 VO 30 IS 1 A1 SP Sattar A1 DA Pinals A1 T Gutheil YR 2002 UL http://jaapl.org/content/30/1/65.abstract 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.