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Most recently I read about Kohuts Selfobject transference notion. I am wondering.. how does the transference manifest itself?

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What is self-object transference? Is it the regular kind of transference we express towards our therapists? I'm unfamiliar with the term, so hard to answer...

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One cool thing about transference is that it's not always about a specific person. You know, we tend to think we are transferring person A, B, or C onto our Ts.. but a lot of the time we are transferring our general interpersonal relationship patterns.

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Pinksoil, that's how it is for me--I transfer general relationship patterns rather than specific people onto my T. ECHOES, is that what you mean by self-object transference?

For me, I certainly didn't choose transference with my current T. It just happened, and I really didn't know what it was--really took me by surprise. With my first counselor, I did not have it.