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Psychoanalytic concept From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Counterwill is a psychological term that means instinctive resistance to any sense of coercion.
The term was first used by Austrian psychoanalyst Otto Rank and has been popularized by developmental psychologist Gordon Neufeld.[1] In Neufeld's model, counterwill is a functional attribute of human behavior in that it protects personal boundaries and enables individuation. It has also been described as "will in reaction to the will of others".[2]
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