Maternal Transference In Therapy. Transference in therapy may be unintentional. But i cant see what she could possibly tell me that could heal that pain.
To other major theory clusters such as humanisticexperi ential or cognitivebehavioral its. Secondarily strict theory would say that its almost always better to explore it with the therapist since exploration of transference is considered the primary mechanism through which change occurs in psychoanalytic or psychodynamic therapy. Transference may result in an individual misinterpreting their interactions with others.
Similarly to paternal transference the client associates the therapist with their own mother.
The analysis of a male patient bv a female analyst journal i of psychoanalysis 1979. Transference always occurs between a therapists and a client. Maternal transference has been really painful. It sometimes occurs when the client lacks a relationship with a.