As nouns,
countertransference is a hyponym of
transference; that is,
countertransference is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
transference:
- transference: (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
- countertransference: the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction