Some Thoughts on Teaching Trainees About Transference:

In a commentary to Kane, Tryon and Halligan, the factors challenging the novice therapist's practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in a college counseling center are discussed. Trainees may find it arduous to apply theory to grasp the complexities of transference and countertransference. A useful method to help trainees identify transference is listening for themes and relationship patterns as a central focus for therapy.