'''Transference''' is the tendency for a client in [[psychotherapy]], known as the analysand, to [[transfer]] emotional [[responses]] to their therapists that [[reflect]] [[feelings]] the analysand has for other significant people in his or her life. Transference often [[echoes]] clients' relationships with their [[parents]] or with other persons who played a central role in their [[childhood]]. They may become excessively dependent on or [[sexually]] [[attracted]] to the therapist; they may develop feelings of [[hostility]] or [[detachment]]. Whatever form transference takes, it is considered to be at the [[heart]] of the therapeutic [[process]]. [[Sigmund Freud]] believed that clients need to relive the central emotional [[experiences]] of their lives through transference in order to become convinced of the [[existence]] and [[power]] of their own [[unconscious]] [[attachments]] and [[motivations]]. The awareness gained through transference helps clients [[understand]] the sources of their [[behavior]] and actively aids them in working through and resolving their [[problems]]. | '''Transference''' is the tendency for a client in [[psychotherapy]], known as the analysand, to [[transfer]] emotional [[responses]] to their therapists that [[reflect]] [[feelings]] the analysand has for other significant people in his or her life. Transference often [[echoes]] clients' relationships with their [[parents]] or with other persons who played a central role in their [[childhood]]. They may become excessively dependent on or [[sexually]] [[attracted]] to the therapist; they may develop feelings of [[hostility]] or [[detachment]]. Whatever form transference takes, it is considered to be at the [[heart]] of the therapeutic [[process]]. [[Sigmund Freud]] believed that clients need to relive the central emotional [[experiences]] of their lives through transference in order to become convinced of the [[existence]] and [[power]] of their own [[unconscious]] [[attachments]] and [[motivations]]. The awareness gained through transference helps clients [[understand]] the sources of their [[behavior]] and actively aids them in working through and resolving their [[problems]]. |