countertransference
noun/kaʊntətɹansˈfəːɹəns/UK
Etymology
From counter- + transference, a calque of German Gegenübertragung.
- derived from Gegenübertragung
Definitions
The transference of a therapist's own unconscious feelings to their patient
The transference of a therapist's own unconscious feelings to their patient; unconscious or instinctive emotion felt towards the patient.
- ‘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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for countertransference. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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