Edward starts to worry about telling his therapist about his drinking. He is afraid that the therapist will get mad at him as his mother used to. Edward has started relating to his therapist as he related to his mother. Edward is experiencing ________.

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Edward is experiencing transference, which is when a patient unconsciously transfers feelings and attitudes from significant figures in their past onto their therapist. In this case, he is relating to his therapist as he related to his mother and is afraid of the therapist's potential reaction to his drinking, just as he was afraid of his mother's reaction.

Edward Starts to Worry About Telling His Therapist About His