Transference
The dynamic view is that disturbed relationships, past and present,
contribute to illness. Psychotherapy seeks to improve these relationships
by counselling, support and the use of transference. Transference occurs
when the patient reacts to the therapist as a key figure from their past,
such as a parent, sibling, child or spouse. The therapist can use transference
by helping the patient become aware of subconscious feelings to these
important figures. Although the patients are usually older than their
therapists, this does not prevent them from being regarded as parent
figures, as well as child (or grandchild) figures