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Originally Posted by Argonautomobile
Sorry to hear about the obsessive thoughts--they're the worst. I hope naming and taming it works for you. Good luck with everything.
As an aside of my own, I think it's possible your T seems hesitant to talk about it because he's hesitant to be the first one to name it. I think sometimes T's don't want to be the first ones to name something like this because imagine how awkward and self-aggrandizing that would look if they were wrong.
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On the other hand, the T may be fully aware of the transference, but a lot of the discovery has to be by the patient for it to have meaning. In order for them to explore and understand the transference, the patient has to experience it for themselves. A therapist telling the patient they have transference won't mean nearly the same thing as the patient coming to grips with it on their own. The T also has to let the process work at the pace of the patient.