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countertransferences

countertransferences is the plural of countertransference.

Meaning of countertransference

Noun

countertransference (countable and uncountable, plural countertransferences)

  1. (psychotherapy) The transference of a therapist's own unconscious feelings to their patient; unconscious or instinctive emotion felt towards the patient.
    • ‘She had a very unusual, difficult childhood. I guess, what with her history and all, she brings out these fatherly feelings of countertransference in me.’2005, Meg Wolitzer, The Position, Vintage, published 2012, page 94

Questions about countertransferences

What is countertransferences the plural of?
Countertransferences is the plural of countertransference.

Words near countertransferences in the dictionary

  1. countertradition
  2. countertraditional
  3. countertraditions
  4. countertrafficking
  5. countertransference
  6. countertransferences
  7. countertransferent
  8. countertransferential
  9. countertransferentially
  10. countertransport
  11. countertransported

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