I really hope I get plenty of responses on this. The question is short but crucial for me right now. I have been in therapy for almost 2 months now. I have revealed more than I have ever with anyone and feel comfortable in continuing to do so. In other words this man is an excellent therapist! Now, with that being said it doesn't help he is a few years older than me i am 25 him 28. He has a doctorate and is already successful so for obvious reasons I also admire him, and he is attractive and our humor clicks. With that being said, I am starting to have intense feelings for him. Mainly because he so gooooood at giving me what I need in therapy and the changes I have made in 2 months are phenomenal. I have no intention on mentioning this in therapy, I know why this transference is happening and I plan very well to bring that into therapy without directly bringing up the transference, because I know for some it is a way to subconsciously deter from losing themselves in therapy its a great distraction.. and I DONT want that. I really want healing. Now, my concern is... I read somewhere and only in one place that therapists can usually detect signs of transference. This is abrupt and I just started feeling this way the last session. But the general consensus is the signs of transference start happening well before the patient is aware of them. He is also highly intelligent and very intuitive. What are the signs of early onset transference, and are therapists trained to recognize them?