yes i have heard of it. there really isn't very much about it online. i have looked. the stuff i have read said it was surprising that there wasn't more stuff about it. apparantly it is really very common but it is indeed something that is not commonly talked about.

because a lot of clinicians (and of course a lot of clients) really don't like to talk about it...

i guess it is one of those taboo subjects...

which is really rather silly since therapy talks about a lot of other taboo subjects like suicide but anyhoo...

i have also had the experience of seeing someone later once the transference has worn off and really having to do a double take 'OMG! Is that actually the same person!'
the same thing happens when you first fall in love...
then after the honeymoon period they start to look a bit difference lol.

sometimes time apart can do it.
sometimes time together can do it.

i think that sticking with therapy for a while is like sticking with someone through the honeymoon period. the feelings change and alter. transference feelings can be really very intense for a while... but they can also transform.

on a related note that is why it is considered most severely off for a therapist to have that kind of a relationship with their client. because one day the client is likely to 'wake up' out of the transference feelings and then... at that point... come to see that the therapist really has taken advantage of transference feelings.

and therapists should know better.

clients can be expected not to know. but therapists should damn well know better.