Core term · Sigmund Freud · Otto Kernberg

Transference

Redirecting feelings about people from your past onto someone in the present.

Areas of life
Therapyloveauthorityfriendship

Why it matters

Explains why old patterns repeat in new relationships.

How to handle it

Notice when your reaction feels bigger than the current situation.

Who shaped this idea

The thinkers behind it

From concept to practice

Turn Transference into a question you can answer.

Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.