Do You Think Switching Therapists is Beneficial with Transference?
I think it depends on how the current t handles the situation -- does s/he accept and understand the transference, offer coping strategies to deal with it, and work with the client to address the core issues around it. I think having intense transference with t is usually the result of having childhood attachment issues, which is not an easy fix. Attachment issues or not, there is an internal root cause for the intense transference that needs to be worked out. If the t isn't doing anything to address the root cause then I don't think the client can get better to get over the transference and should move on.
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