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Countertransference, which occurs when a therapist transfers emotions to a person in therapy, is often a reaction to transference, a phenomenon in which the person in treatment redirects feelings for others onto the therapist. Sigmund Freud originally developed the concept of countertransference. He described it as a largely unconscious phenomenon in which the psychologistâs emotions are influenced by a person in therapy and the psychologist reacts with countertransference.
Rather than using the patient's transference strategically in therapy, the positive or negative transference is diplomatically pointed out and explained as an obstacle to cooperation and improvement. For the therapist, any signs of countertransference would suggest that his or her own personal training analysis needs to be continued to overcome these tendencies.