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Countertransference

I Tried to Seduce My Therapist

Candace Walsh | Posted 01.21.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Crushes, Taboo, Transference, Coming Out Stories, Coming Out, Countertransference, Lesbians, Therapists, Gay Voices News
Candace Walsh

There's nothing more humbling than finding you're living out a big flaming cliché, although it (of course) feels like you are the first person to have this experience in all of history. Five years ago, my coming-out cliché hit me like a ton of rubyfruit. I fell in love with my lady therapist.

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Falling In Love With Your Psychiatrist

Gary W. Small, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Psychotherapy, Transference, Countertransference, Psychotherapist, Psychiatrist, Talk Therapy, Psychologist, Psychoanalysis, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Gary W. Small, M.D.

Falling in love with your psychiatrist can be a normal part of therapy. Known as transference, the patient is transferring feelings she has toward a parent or authority figure, onto the therapist.

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Supreme Consciousness

Donna Fish | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Analysis, Supreme Court Hearings, Therapeutic Relationship, Sonia Sotomayor, Countertransference, New York News
Donna Fish

While dining with a colleague last night and hashing over a recent case, my friend commented that Sotomayor is a great ad for psychotherapy!

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