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Noun: countertransference  ,kawn-tu(r)-tran(r)s'fur-un(t)s
  1. The psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction

Derived forms: countertransferences

Type of: transference

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