Term ID: T5322

Transference

/transference/
Unconscious redirection of feelings and attitudes from past relationships onto the therapist during treatment.
Example: Clients reacting to therapists with emotions originally felt toward parents or other significant figures from childhood.

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Reference: Freud (1912)