Associations to the word «Countertransference»

Wiktionary

COUNTERTRANSFERENCE, noun. (psychotherapy) The transference of a therapist's own unconscious feelings to his or her patient; unconscious or instinctive emotion felt towards the patient.

Dictionary definition

COUNTERTRANSFERENCE, noun. The psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction.

Wise words

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