Question

Sherice started seeing a psychotherapist because of marital problems. she is unhappy because she feels her husband does not give her enough attention. after several sessions, sherice is quite taken with her male therapist because he gives her undivided attention. sherice's growing affection for her therapist is called _______.

Answer 1

Answer:

This growing affection for the therapist is called "transference".

Explanation:

In patient-therapist relationship, sometimes a patient develop feelings for therapist, that feelings are may be negative may be positive, this is known as transference. transference occurs because a patient tells everything about his life to therapist and he/she listen carefully and give attention to patient, but as a result patient sometimes develop feelings for him/her.