A patient who experienced her father as controlling will likely experience the therapist as controlling. According to psychoanalysis, which phenomenon is occurring here?

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This scenario involves the phenomenon of transference, which refers to the unconscious redirection of a patient's feelings from a significant person in their past onto the therapist in the present. In this case, the patient is projecting her feelings of being controlled by her father onto the therapist, perceiving them as controlling in a similar manner.

A Patient Who Experienced Her Father as Controlling Will Likely