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.
Transference and countertransference are neither good nor bad; like all feelings, they just are. Transference not only occurs in therapy, but in all of our relationships. In therapy it has the advantage that we can utilize it for growth. It's similar to projection, but not necessarily projection. Projection is a feeling you have from yourself that you project on to somebody else.