I have never had transference for my therapists that I am aware of. If I did, it wasn't apparently of enough issue to much impact my therapy. I didn't see therapists who particularly dealt with transference -- not that I'm aware of anyway. None of them ever mentioned the concept, but I never saw exclusively psychodynamic therapists so that wasn't really part of their orientation. I think I'm glad about that.

I've never longed for my therapists to have any other role in me life than what they were -- my therapists. For me, that worked well and kept my therapy focused on what I needed to work on instead of things getting entangled in feelings about my therapists. That doesn't mean I didn't feel anything for my therapists. I liked them quite a lot. We got along very well. They were very supportive and served their purpose in my healing and recovery. I'm just glad I didn't have that issue added on to all the issues I had to start off with; I didn't need more complication.