Posted by BirdSong on June 17, 2009, at 21:19:20
In reply to New psychiatrist/analyst can't treat me, posted by garnet71 on June 17, 2009, at 19:55:30
Based on psychological thought.....
You are confusing transference and transference neurosis. Transference neurosis is rare, iatrogenically promoted to specifically carry out psychoanalysis. TN occurs based on the characteristic "blank slate/quiet self" of the analyst and the frequency of sessions (3-4 times a week) and it is fairly well established that it takes a year or more in this type of setting to develop a TN.
For a TN to appear, their is much more prep analytic work done and it is actually usually more likely to occur in clients with psycho-neurotic tendencies. TN is one type of transference, but far more complicated, rare, and builds up after a long-term relationship. TN is really an issue mostly in classic analysis.
On the other hand, Transference, which is what you were likely experiencing, is when you basically react to a person as if they were someone in your past. Some call transference an emotional time warp. A transference reaction means that you are reacting to someone in terms of what you need to see, what you are afraid of, or what you see when you know very little about the person.
I am not so sure the pdoc "induced" an attachment causing regression (defense mechanism). You reacted to the transference in the room and what you perceived your pdoc as being. Transference reactions are not a conscious process.
Based on your "immediate" attachment to the pdoc, he was right to refer you out and right assessing that you need long term, consistent therapy. He can not offer that and he did the right thing.
I know it hurts, but he did the right thing.
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