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Originally Posted by pinkbutterfly
It's fairly common for a T to experience countertransference - which is what you're referring to. However, a T is not supposed to discuss this with their client - they are supposed to talk with a supervisor or colleague about it. The reason for that is because therapy is supposed to be about the client. A T discussing countertransference issues with a client would make it about the T.
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I wouldn't be so strict about that. Countertransference IS about the client. If it really is countertransference and not something from the therapist's past. It really depends on why a therapist is discussing countertransference in session. Is it to check a hypothesis out with the client, to help understand something for the client's benefit, or just to vent emotions? I agree with you that a therapist needs to take his or her own personal issues out of the therapy room.