My T is not "promoting" transference, but she works with it when clients experience it. I don't feel transference is much of a problem for me with her, I like her a lot but don't see her as a mother or have any romantic feelings for her whatsoever. We do talk about our relationship and she gently reminds me sometimes that I can really trust her. But when we talk about transference it's more about in the context of possibility but not an issue happening with us or one that needs to be addressed. She did however talk about the possibility of counter-transference with me once, early in the process, which I thought was important.