In psychiatry can there be "transference" to another person rather than the Dr."?
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Sounds like you have made a keen observation! Every consider being a mental health professional?
Although transference most commonly refers to a psychodynamic process which attempts to accentuate transferential reactions to aide interpretations and insight, the phenomena is simply a human process which we all engage in to various degrees. The extent to which this happens depends on a lot of variables (e.g., childhood experiences, psychological difficulties, external stressors, etc.). The object of the transference is most likely to be someone whose personality, thoughts and feelings, etc., are not well known, but may have some ongoing contact.
It is in the literature, just not as obvious. For example, marital imago therapy is based on the idea that each marital partner does not clearly see the other but instead, makes distortions based on childhood parental images (imagos).
You could easily be "standing in for someone". I might be worth exploring with the other person. You might also want to look up some other concepts: "repetition complusion" and projection" from dynamic theory and maybe "cognitive schema" as well.
Good luck!
no. it isn't. but you are correct that a transference can be directed away from a psychiarist to someone else. but that doesn't mean that it has to be part of the psychological literature.
Transference can occur in any relationship-just think of the person who accuses a new spouse or girlfriend of infidelity without cause simply because their past partner cheated on them and they have unresolved issues over it. In the thera[eutic literature, what you are describing resembles "repetition compulsion" , though it is a bit more complicated and people are recreating past bad experiences by choosing people who are similar to an abuser in order to finally "change" the abuser and thus stop the feelings of helplessness (this is an oversimplification, but I'm paraphrasing). Transference can be positive or negative and is most often seen in the therapeutic relationship because of the intimacy within the relationship and the natural parallels that exist between therapy and parenting. Often the transference is not only useful, but sought for, as it provides a vehicle for processing the original trauma and thereby providing a corrective experience.
A common everyday example of a similar phenomenon is expressed in the old adage that a woman should always pay attention to how a man treats his mother as it will likely reflect his behavior towards her in some ways (respect or disdain, etc.)
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