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and now i'm probably getting carried away but here is a diagram of the therapy (pscyhodynamic) process:

http://fox.klte.hu/~keresofi/psyth/a.../bk43four.html

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alexandra, I really liked this link with the triangles picture and especially the "legend" to the picture where it outlines the psychodynamic therapy process step by step. Thanks.

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I've heard about their being 'two types' of patients. A rough over-simplification, no doubt, but anyway, here goes: The first kind is prone to idealising transference and feels attached fairly quickly. The second kind doesn't seem to attach to the therapist, mostly because they are getting their attachments from elsewhere.

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For me, whether transference happened was dependent on the T, rather than the type of patient. I had almost immediate transference with my current T but never with my former counselor. I think maybe it is a function of how well you "click" with your T. I didn't have the bond with the counselor that I have now with T. I remember the session where T made his first transference interpretation. I loved it! I thought, how cool, a TI! I just sat in it and ate it up. I felt we had "arrived."

Positive vs. Negative transference: I have pretty much only positive with T. I think.... What are some examples of negative transference? I know I've never been angry with him. But what are some non-anger, negative transference examples? Maybe I have had those. Or maybe it is too soon for the negative. I have only been seeing him for 5 months.

I am not "in love" with my therapist, but I experience deep and powerful feelings of warmth and affection for him. It would not be a stretch to say I feel love for him. But I don't want to jump in bed with him or ride off into the sunset with him or anything. I'm OK with the way it is. It feels natural to me to feel this way about him, and I bet a number of his clients do.