Transference is subconsciously associating a person in the present with a past relationship. For example, you meet a new client who reminds you of a former lover. Countertransference is responding to them with all the thoughts and feelings attached to that past relationship
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.
With transference, the patient views nurse as being similar to an important person in their life. Countertransference refers to when patient reminds the nurse of someone in their life
Just as transference is the concept of a client redirect feelings meant for others onto the therapist, countertransference is the reaction to a client’s transference, in which the counselor projects his or her feelings unconsciously onto the client.
