It certainly can! That would be a serious challenge to such a woman, but also a wonderful opportunity. (But if that turned out to be too painful, a less triggering T might suit her better.)

I transfered to my current T much more strongly than to previous Ts, because she was so much more like my mother. Much of that similarity was in my mind, of course, but there were some real, solid, objective similarities for my transference to work on.