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Originally Posted by lostmyway21
What is counter-transference? I think he told me he doesn't get mad at me because I ALWAYS assume he is mad at me. All day, everyday as a result of anything I say. I have never actually given him an actual reason to be mad at me. He has been frustrated, and told me he was frustrated. I don't think he means he is incapable of being mad because he is my therapist. But because he is my therapist he understands the things I say and does not get mad because my feelings do not accurately reflect the reality of the situation...and he understands that.
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The broad and simple definition of countertransference is that it's the totality of feelings and reactions experienced by the T toward the patient, but some T's define it more narrowly as the feelings and reactions a T has toward a patient that originate in the T's own unconscious or unresolved issues.
I think your last sentence is basically what I meant when I wrote that the T understands our struggles, and he doesn't take it personally.