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Originally Posted by Asiablue
awesome explanation! I wonder if clients were given an open explanation about transference and why it occurs at the very start of therapy if it would make it feel less shameful. It wasn't until i read about it here that i realised that my transference was normal. Doesn't make it any less uncomfortable tho! 
How many clients must go thru therapy feeling abject shame and maybe even leave without explaining to the therapist what is going on for them. I've been able to tolerate my maternal transference because of my knowledge of why it happens, i still feel a bit embarrassed about it but less ashamed. |
I have been thinking the same thing. I wish the Ts that I have seen would have told me about transference, what it is like, what I might think and feel and that it is normal. I think it would have made a big difference and I would have opened up a long time ago. I see a new T in about 5 months and I have already decided I'm going to start the sessions with this concept and how I feel about it.
Thanks for writing about this.