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In a therapy context, transference refers to redirection of a patient's feelings for a significant person to the therapist. Transference is often manifested as an erotic attraction towards a therapist, but can be seen in many other forms such as rage, hatred, mistrust, parentification, extreme dependence, or even placing the therapist in a god ...
In the psychotherapeutic relationship, self and object representations are activated in the transference. In the course of the therapy, projection and identification are operating, i.e., devalued self-representations are projected onto the therapist whilst the client identifies with a critical object representation.
This would be a counter-transference, in that the therapist is responding to the client with thoughts and feelings attached to a person in a past relationship. Ideally, the therapeutic relationship will start with a positive transference for the therapy to have a good chance of effecting positive therapeutic change.
Malan's triangles – comprising the triangle of conflict and the triangle of persons – were developed in 1979 by the psychotherapist David Malan as a way of illuminating the phenomenon of transference in psychotherapy, both brief and extended.
Parallel process is a phenomenon noted in clinical supervision by therapist and supervisor, whereby the therapist recreates, or parallels, the client's problems by way of relating to the supervisor. The client's transference and the therapist's countertransference thus re-appear in the mirror of the therapist/supervisor relationship.
Transference of emotions has been studied in a variety of situations and settings, with social [11] and physiological [12] causes being two of the largest areas of research. [ 3 ] In addition to the social contexts discussed above, emotional contagion has been studied within organizations.
A knee injury in high school and subsequent physical therapy sparked Ajahzi’s desire for a kinesiology degree. In college at the University of Nevada at Reno, her interest in fitness grew ...
He shared his theoretical understanding of group therapy and provided a more concrete explanation of its major concepts which was noted to be understandable by both laypersons as well as therapists. [11] He discussed the concepts of resistance, transference, and countertransference, with resistances noted as subtle yet desirable.