I don't know. I am just speaking about the type of transference I experienced. My guess is that Romantic Transference is more painful than other types of transference. Just look at the subforum under this one. Obviously Romantic Transference is that big of a deal since the people running this site felt the need to create a forum for people to discuss "uncomfortable" feelings toward their therapist.

The disclosure statement could simply list "transference" as a potential negative side-effect that can cause you intense pain and lower your quality of life and even lead you to contemplate suicide.

Why won't they mention transference in the disclosure statement? Do they really need to play on the ignorance of their patients for the therapy to be effective?

I know for a fact that if someone had had the humanity to tell me what I was getting myself into I never would have gone to therapy. Either that or I would have requested a male therapist. And what did I get out of that stupid therapy? Nothing. I am even more miserable than last year.

Transference toward a therapist is not the same thing as transference toward a layperson. In the case of romantic transference, it's unlikely that the layperson would treat you in a manner that's likely to elicit romantic feelings toward him/her, unless he/she is actually hitting on you. Besides, in a therapeutic relationship there is the issue of power, where one of the parties is in control and the other is submissive.