I like the concept of transference and I think it drives many choices and behaviors, not only in therapy, some therapists just use the phenomenon. However, I don't believe the old psychoanalytical ideas that transference is always about unmet childhood needs and parental lacks. Like for Myrto, a lot of it wasn't for me either. Some was/is, but far from all and if I had only looked for explanations in childhood and caregivers, I would have missed a lot and would probably have been grossly misguided.

A massive transference pattern in my life was related to my own development of my values and personality. It got resolved when it was developed to a satisfying level in my mid-to late 30's. If we want to use psychoanalytic terms, when I met my own ego's needs and superego's needs and achieved some important goals in my personal journey. I did not use therapy for it at all, and I got into therapy only after it was no longer an issue for the most part, but the interactions with my Ts kinda verified and cemented it.