February 2023

What is an example of positive transference? An example of positive transference is when you apply enjoyable aspects of your past relationships to the relationship with your therapist. This can have a positive outcome because you see your therapist as caring, wise, and concerned about you. Positive transference is when enjoyable aspects of past relationships […]

What causes a negative transference? Just like the other forms of transference, the negative transference is usually an unconscious projection of negative feelings that the client transfers from early childhood relationships onto the psychotherapist (see my article: Discovering the Unconscious Emotions At the Root of Your Current Problems). With positive transference, the person receiving therapy

What triggers transference? For example, transference in therapy happens when a patient attaches anger, hostility, love, adoration, or a host of other possible feelings onto their therapist or doctor. Therapists know this can happen. In transference, someone may be described as “projecting” feelings from past relationships onto the therapist in the present. But there is

What are real life examples of transference? Transference occurs when a person redirects some of their feelings or desires for another person to an entirely different person. One example of transference is when you observe characteristics of your father in a new boss. You attribute fatherly feelings to this new boss. They can be good

What are positive examples of transference? An example of positive transference is when you apply enjoyable aspects of your past relationships to the relationship with your therapist. This can have a positive outcome because you see your therapist as caring, wise, and concerned about you. Transference is when someone redirects their feelings about one person

How do therapists deal with transference and countertransference? Therapists also may deal with countertransference by seeking out their own therapy to help them address issues creating countertransference. In addition, they may gain personal awareness in their treatment and learn areas that they need to improve on. It’s not uncommon for therapists to have feelings for

What does countertransference feel like? Unreasonable dislike for the client Therapists also need to be aware of countertransference, when they are projecting feelings onto a client. One of the most common signs of countertransference is disliking a client for no apparent or obvious reason (Lambert et al., 2001). Whether your therapist knows you’re attracted to

What is countertransference behavior? Countertransference, which occurs when a therapist transfers emotions to a person in therapy, is often a reaction to transference, a phenomenon in which the person in treatment redirects feelings for others onto the therapist. Post-Jungians such as Fordham7 have gone on to distinguish between two types of countertransference: the illusory and

Is it normal to be sexually attracted to your therapist? You may be surprised to know that what you are experiencing with your therapist isn’t uncommon. In fact, what you are likely experiencing is a phenomenon known as “erotic transference,” which is when a person experiences feelings of love or fantasies of a sexual or

Do therapists fantasize about clients? Therapists’ Feelings and Behaviors Toward Clients Most therapists (71 percent) said they, either sometimes or regularly, found a client sexually attractive. Approximately 23 percent had fantasized about being in a romantic relationship and 27 percent about having sexual contact with a patient. Developing romantic feelings for your therapist is common,