TRANSFERENCE AND TELE

Abstract

The first section of this paper is mainly concerned with the discussion of the psychoanalytic interpretation of transference. A generally accepted definition of transference is: "It is assumed that important changes may gradually take place in the individual as the interpersonal relation with the psychoanalyst continues. Particularly, there is the phenomenon of transference in which the person is said to transfer his unconscious emotional feelings, positive and negative, from other objects or people to the psychoanalyst himself." Through this means, there is a greater opportunity for the feelings of the client to become consciously open to discussion and analysis. There is general consensus that this transference process be regarded as the very core of the therapy, and that it makes possible the emotional re-education of the person. In the words of Sigmund Freud, "Transference may be compared to the cambium layer in a tree between the wood and the bark from which the new formation of tissue and the increase in the girth of the trunk derive.