<P> Transference ( German : Übertragung ) is a theoretical phenomenon characterized by unconscious redirection of the feelings a person has about a second person to feelings the first person has about a third person . It usually concerns feelings from an important second - person relationship from childhood , and is sometimes considered inappropriate . Transference was first described by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud , who considered it an important part of treatment in psychoanalysis . </P>
<P> Transference ( German : Übertragung ) is a theoretical phenomenon characterized by unconscious redirection of the feelings a person has about a second person to feelings the first person has about a third person . It usually concerns feelings from an important second - person relationship from childhood , and is sometimes considered inappropriate . Transference was first described by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud , who considered it an important part of treatment in psychoanalysis . </P>
the process of transferring feelings from one object to another is called
the process of transferring feelings from one object to another is called
Transference
Transference