V. (Counter-)transference and the politics of feminist therapy: Toward naming a new 'problematics that has no name'1.

The author reports the contribution of feminist therapy to the empowerment of Japanese women. The use of the psychoanalytic concepts of transference and counter-transference to examine the awareness of feminist therapists of challenges in the therapist-client relationship are described. The current situation in which feminist therapy in Japan functions as well as suggestions for improvement is also highlighted.