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Originally Posted by Partless
I think that not everybody believes in transference but of the ones that believe, think that there is no way to prevent it and have good therapy; in fact they think it necessary and good and a sign of going deeper into therapy. Or to put it another way, the only way you can actually prevent it is by not engaging in therapy and remain very guarded and distant. Transference comes to play once you open up a bit and the relation between patient and T develops.
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I'd have to disagree with this. I had VERY good therapy, was highly engaged, and did very deep work, but transference never entered into the picture.
As to the OP's question, I went into therapy knowing pretty much nothing about therapy. I wasn't even looking to get into therapy but rather suddenly found myself there. Transference, though, just never entered in really. I haven't had therapists who even mentioned it or attachment or anything along that line.