A teenage patient defies the nurse's repeated requests to turn off the video game and go to sleep. The teen says angrily, You sound just like my mother at home! and continues to play the video game. The nurse understands that this statement likely indicates

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Transference occurs when the client displaces onto the therapist attitudes and feelings that the client originally experienced in other relationships. Transference patterns are automatic and unconscious in the therapeutic relationship. The occurrence of transference does not indicate ineffective parenting or disciplinary practices, nor is it indicative of a disorder. Autonomy is developed much earlier in the toddler years.

A Teenage Patient Defies the Nurse's Repeated Requests to Turn