Self improvement tip 10: Learn the art of small talk. If you have finally decided to not be an ascetic and live a material life after all, you might as well be a master in navigating the societal patterns. Small talk can take you places, literally.
countertransference. [-transfurâ²Éns]. the conscious or unconscious emotional response of a psychotherapist or psychoanalyst to a patient. The response may be positive or negative but can provide useful data in the therapy.
By the last third of the century, a growing consensus appeared on the importance of 'a distinction between personal countertransference (which has to do with the therapist) and diagnostic response - that indicates something about the patient...diagnostic countertransference'.