My shrink told me about a colleague of his not in our town. He realized he had countertransference when his patient announced her transference. He referred her out instead of making a blunder of trying to work it out. He was trying to be very ethical, but instead he got slapped with a law suit because he had refused to treat her. Of course he did the right thing, but it cost him big bucks in legal payments to deal with it. It is a delicate issue for all involved. Sometimes it's better to try to work it out. Sometimes not. Really depends.