Transference is when the client projects upon the therapist an impression of their character and personality from an earlier relationship.

Transference is positive and essential in therapy. The existence of a positive transference from early childhood to the therapist (or other figures) is the glue which allows the relationship to develop. Without transference there can not be first willingness to trust and this is an essential element.

The existence of negative transference and the problems of how deeply one can be distorted by past experiences is the work of therapy.

To be able to see and experience life realistically is the goal of good therapy.

Understanding what is distorted and unrealistic in the current transference is the work of therapy.

Enrique Racker has written:

'Transference and counter-transference' -- subject(s): Counter-transference (Psychology), Transference (Psychology)

The Time of the Transference was created in 1986.

The ISBN of The Time of the Transference is 0-932096-43-3.