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Default Jul 04, 2017 at 07:38 AM
 
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Originally Posted by feileacan View Post
You are not asking for advice but based on my own experience you might want to look for therapists with contemporary psychoanalytic background - these folks are most likely to be familiar and comfortable working with transference and attachment issues and expect the work to be focussed on the relationship between you and T.
Based on my experience (admittedly decades ago), psychoanalytically-oriented therapists are not immune from the kinds of counter-transference that appears here -- and it can be strong enough that they can deny its signs.

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