I’ve never experienced transference in psychotherapy. I don’t think that it’s healthy or that transference/countertransference is necessary for a client-therapist relationship.

I have a constant feeling of grandiosity and, save for a number of years, I’ve always had a feeling that I was >>generally<< smarter than any shrink or therapist. Not smarter than them in their professions, still willing to share the crap in my life with them, but never any feeling of attachment.

I know of Freud’s theory and Jung’s theory but I don’t ‘get’ transference using more common and modern therapies.

My answer would be “no,” it’s an antiquated concept but I’m aware that it happens even when unintentional. I’m always tempted to blame the therapist for not addressing the possibility with patients.