((((Guest)))))About transference. That same Kohut who speaks of Self-Object, has most excellent ideas on how transference is welcome in therapy, and how the working within it is so insightful, reassuring, and hopeful for resolution. Unlike Freud, those therapists in the 20th century encourage transference. The modern therapists like Kohut believe that being friendly, with just moderate frustration, is more curative than Freud's austere style. Lately, I've been into the topics of Good Object vs. Bad Object and how we can get messed up over those in our early years. Kohut is one of my favorite writers.