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Lucrul asta se poate intampla si in psihoterapie:

In a therapy context, transference refers to redirection of a client'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-like or guru status.

Countertransference[5] is defined as redirection of a therapist's feelings toward a client, or more generally as a therapist's emotional entanglement with a client. A therapist's attunement to their own countertransference is nearly as critical as understanding the transference. Not only does this help the therapist regulate their emotions in the therapeutic relationship, but it also gives the therapist valuable insight into what the client is attempting to elicit in them. For example, a therapist who is sexually attracted to a patient must understand this as countertransference, and look at how the client may be eliciting this reaction. Once it has been identified, the therapist can ask the client what their feelings are toward the therapist, and explore how they relate to unconscious motivations, desires, or fears.