How to Create an Emotional Attachment

Freud called this phenomenon transference, and it would become an active part of his therapy. By getting patients to transfer some of their repressed feelings on to the therapist, he would bring their problems into the open where they could be dealt with on a conscious level. The method has infinite applications outside psychoanalysis. To practise it in real life, you need to play the therabist, encouraging people to talk about their childhood. And remember, don't take your targets words at face value. They will often sugar coat or over dramatize events in childhood. Most important, learn to analyze emotional responses and see what lies behind them.