Posted by shadows721 on April 19, 2004, at 15:11:39
In reply to Transferance, definition?, posted by ziggy2004 on April 19, 2004, at 1:37:26
Transferance is usually an over reaction or an unusual reaction to someone, something, or a situation in the present. It happens, because there is an issue that remains unresolved. It stems back usually to childhood wounds.
Here is an example: The t looks at her watch. The client blows up at the t. "You aren't listening to me." "No one listens to me." T reasures the client that he was listening attentively.
The client is not realizing that these are feelings from childhood. The client was molested as a child and tried to tell about it to his family, but they didn't listen. Until the client realizes this transference, the client will blame and acuse the t for continuing to not listen to him. Transference can end a therapeutic alliance unless it discovered and worked through.
Another example, the client states he freezes around his boss. He doesn't understand why. The boss has done nothing to harm him. The client unconsciously thinks the boss is like the perpetrator of his past. The transference needs to be worked through, so that the client doesn't react to the boss as he did with his abuser as a child.
Transference is powerful. It is a clear sign that there is something deeper from our past that we need to address as an adult.
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