body centred countertransference scale

Body-Centred Countertransference Scale

Body Life & Health

Primary use / Purpose:

To assess bodily or somatic reactions which therapists` or health care professional have to clients or patients within a therapy session

Psychometrics:

Cronbach’s alpha of .71 Highly correlated to other measures of countertransference

Author of Tool:

Jonathan Egan and Alan Carr

Key references:

Feeling it: body-centred countertransference in a sample of Irish clinical psychologists
J Egan, A Booth, T Trimble – Irish Psychologist, 2010
Cited by 14 – Related articles – All 8 versions

Files:

Egan and Carr Body-centred Countertransference Scale (2005)

For each item in the scale, please place a tick in the box that applies to you.  Remember that it is only bodily reactions that have happened to you

 0

‘This has never happened to me when in the last six  months’

1

‘Yes, this has happened to me at least once in the last six months, but not that often’

2

‘Yes, this has happened a few times in the last six months’

 3

‘Yes, this has happened often in the last six months’

 
1Muscle Tension    
2Sleepiness    
3Yawning    
4Tearfulness    
5Unexpectedly shifting your body    
6Headache    
7Stomach Disturbance    
8Throat Constriction    
9Raised Voice    
10Dizziness    
11Loss of Voice    
12Aches in Joints    
13Nausea    
14Numbness    
15Sexual Arousal    
16Genital Pain    
17Other, please specify    

Cite this article

mohammad looti (2026). Body-Centred Countertransference Scale. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/body-centred-countertransference-scale/

mohammad looti. "Body-Centred Countertransference Scale." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 1 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/body-centred-countertransference-scale/.

mohammad looti. "Body-Centred Countertransference Scale." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/body-centred-countertransference-scale/.

mohammad looti (2026) 'Body-Centred Countertransference Scale', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/body-centred-countertransference-scale/.

[1] mohammad looti, "Body-Centred Countertransference Scale," PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, vol. X, no. Y, ص Z-Z, April, 2026.

mohammad looti. Body-Centred Countertransference Scale. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. 2026;vol(issue):pages.

Related terms:

  1. Client-Centred Care Questionnaire
  2. Body Appreciation Scale (BAS)
  3. Body Comparison Scale (BCS)
  4. Body Investment Scale (BIS)
  5. Body-Cathexis Scale (BC-SC)
  6. Ideal Body Stereotype Scale-Revised (IBIS-R)
  7. Objectified Body Consciousness Scale
  8. The Body-Esteem Scale
  9. Male Body Image Self-Consciousness Scale
  10. Body Awareness Questionnaire
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