Negative transference isn't really negative. I mean the emotions can be perceived as negative ones, but the term "negative" doesn't refer to this type of transference being bad or anything like that.

Seems like all I do in therapy lately is engage in negative transference. But it's all beneficial, you know? Learning to get angry. I need that. Just like you said.... working out anger for your dad through transference.

How are you handling the confrontation? I think confrontation is OK as long as the therapist is using it appropriately, i.e. it is beneficial and you are able to handle it. The purpose of confrontation in therapy is for the therapist to pick up discrepancies in your story that you are not aware of... and to either directly or indirectly call your attention to it so you can gain some insight on what's not matching up.

I can give you a personal example of negative transference. A couple sessions ago, I was talking about SI with my T. I was growing extremely angry with him and at one point said, "I don't want to **** talk about this with you anymore because you obviously don't **** care." DING, DING, NEGATIVE TRANSFERENCE HERE. lol.... What I was really saying was, "No one in my life has ever cared about my SI before, and I'm really mad about that." But I was transferring it onto him. And it was negative because it was extreme anger. But-- it was positive in functionality because I had never expressed the anger onto the people to whom it should have been directed.

Hope that helped.