I've been thinking about this, and the answer is that I don't know. My T talked about transference and countertransference in general terms when I brought it up once, but she has never mentioned having specific countertransferential responses to me, although I'm sure things come up for her at times. I am guessing that often the sign of well-managed countertransference is that the client doesn't know about it because the T deals with their feelings using other channels in order to keep the burden of their "stuff" off the client.
It's also a bit conceptually fuzzy to me sometimes as to where the transference/countertransference stops and the "real relationship" begins.
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