Transference

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Transference is a term used to describe a process in analysis or therapy. Some of patients seemed at some point to begin to place certain feelings, like romantic love or parental love, onto the therapist. When this process occurred the therapist could use this position to help restore the client to more normal feelings by responding in ways unlike that of the person upon which the original feelings were based. The therapist as parent in this type of transference may have to endure some pretty strong anger from the patient.





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