do therapists feel the same when experiencing CT, as in they can't stop thinking about their patient, especially in their own sex lives. how the hell do they live with all these constant feelings in their profession
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If any T's did think of this, they are well trained to understand and process it. I doubt many therapists even think this.
Sure as hell my heterosexual female T doesn't think about heterosexual me in her sex thoughts.
Sure as hell my heterosexual female T doesn't think about heterosexual me in her sex thoughts.
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Sure as hell my heterosexual female T doesn't think about heterosexual me in her sex thoughts.
Bahahahaha ditto!!! but wait...our Ts have sex thoughts...like every other normal human being....o_O...how is this possible?! Tee hee
I would think that general counter transference would maybe feel a little bit uncomfortable on the clients end. Sometimes our Ts say things like ,"well when I think about you and your situation blah blah blah". I would say that's fairly normal but maybe it they would say something along those same lines but in a more non-T manner, the maybe that would be considered some form of counter transference.
That was my attempt at psychotherapy lol. Hope it helped :/
Just like transference could contain virtually any type of feeling (love, sexual attraction, anger, hatred, etc.), countertransference could be any kind of feeling as well. So I don't think there's any one thing it could feel like.
quote:Transference can be painful, but sometimes it becomes more of a noticing how I am in the world. Like, my desire to have people take care of me, or respect me, or whatever.
Working through these projections can help change a lifetime of relational interactions...it really brings new awareness.
Countertransference can be a good thing if it is noticed by the T and managed well. It can be a disaster when the T is blind to it, refuses to deal with it and uses it in a way that plays into the transference rather than helping the transference in ways as BG pointed out above.
All T's have countertransference to one degree or another. It isn't usually about sex though it can be. It can be about many things, but it is something that needs to be managed and paid attention to. Being on the other end of a T with poorly managed countertransference and blind spots can be really damaging.