In order to really gain awareness of this phenomenon, I had to first truly understand what it meant. Greenson (as cited in Cartwright, 2011) stated that transference is, “the experiencing of feelings, drives, attitudes, fantasies, and defenses toward a person in the present, which are inappropriate to the person and are a repetition, a displacement of reactions originating in regard to significant persons of early childhood,” (p. 114). In regard to countertransference, Storr (as cited in Cartwright) stated “Freud conceptualised ‘countertransference’ as arising from the client’s influence on the psychoanalyst’s unconscious feelings, a manifestation of the psychoanalyst’s unresolved issues, and a potential impediment to treatment,” (p. 115). Understanding when these two concepts occur, and how to react, will be important to maintaining an ethical relationship with my client. I do not have any doubt that certain clients may affect me more than others, and there are going to be certain stories that I relate with on a whole different…