Countertransference
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kaʊntətɹansˈfəːɹəns/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Countertransference is a noun meaning (psychotherapy) The transference of a therapist's own unconscious feelings to their patient; unconscious or instinctive emotion felt towards the patient.
Meaning
(psychotherapy) The transference of a therapist's own unconscious feelings to their patient; unconscious or instinctive emotion felt towards the patient.
Example Sentences
In my meeting with Dahlia, I found myself having a private countertransference thought which I certainly did not articulate to her.
‘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.’
Word Forms
- countertransferences
- counter-transference
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include syntonic, introjection, externalization, introject, extrajection, underfeeling.
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