Boy me too. I was last here on Friday, and by Monday things have really changed.

The intro note said that part of the reason for the new subforum was the response to a blog about transference - if I remember correctly the response was a storm of comments, including some negative ones, and one day the whole thread was summarily yanked - it was the only time I have seen that happen - the question arises, is this topic some kind of a problem for the PC admin or something?!

Others posting here rightly point out that the relationship IS the basic element of therapy. It has been written in many places that until transference occurs, in whatever form it is going to take for the particular client & therapist, therapy cannot really begin. If you separate that essential element from this forum, there's not much left to talk about.