Hi guys!

Countertransference is when the patient fills some kind of relationship need in a therapist and T views you subconsciously as a son or lover or something like that.

The orthodox line is that countertransference is wrong and dangerous, and if T cannot shake it off she should refer the patient to someone else.

But is countertransference really so bad? And can it really be avoided?

The therapeutic relationship seems to be to contain a good slice of parent/child from the patient's point of view and surely the T must feel that too.