Reflective Functioning: The Key to Attachment with Dr. Howard Steele
Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast
Understanding Transference and Attachment in Psychotherapy
Transference in psychotherapy involves bringing familiar scripts from our minds to feel safe. It is the process of making the unfamiliar seem familiar by trying to elicit behaviors in others that remind us of familiar people. Recognizing and analyzing this behavior helps us interact more freely in the present. Attachment theory, popular in psychology, validates Freud's belief that childhood experiences with attachment figures shape how we relate to others throughout life.
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