Ernst has spent some months working with his therapist but recently has begun to feel as if his therapist disapproves of him. It isn't until he raises this in the therapy session that it becomes clear that Ernst used to experience just the same kind of disapproval from his own father as a child. The therapist will realize that __________ is taking place.

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Transference is the process by which emotions originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously shifted to another person, in this case, the therapist. Ernst is projecting feelings related to his father onto his therapist.

Ernst Has Spent Some Months Working with His Therapist but Recently