Meaning of countertransference | Babel Free

Definitions

The transference of a therapist's own unconscious feelings to their patient; unconscious or instinctive emotion felt towards the patient.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“‘She had a very unusual, difficult childhood. I guess, what with her history and all, she brings out these fatherly feelings of countertransference in me.’”

“In my meeting with Dahlia, I found myself having a private countertransference thought which I certainly did not articulate to her.”

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