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The act of conveying from one place to another; the act of transferring or the fact of being transferred.countableuncountable
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The process by which emotions and desires, originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously shifted to another.countableuncountable
- Furthermore, although probably few analysts still believe that transference occurs only in the context of the psychoanalytic situation, many hold that this phenomenon pertains only to object relationships. I submit, however, that the charac
- Those who argue for laws against sex between therapists and clients say that consent is not a simple matter for the person who goes to another for help. They point in particular to the dynamic of "transference," during which a client may re
syn. alienation · assignment · conveyance · transference