A young adult woman comes to the outpatient clinic to see the nurse therapist because she states that she cannot manage her job, be a single parent, and take care of her mother who is chronically ill
During a session with both the client and her mother, the nurse finds herself feeling angry at the client's mother. Based on psychoanalytic theory, this is an example of: a. unexpressed anger
b. transference
c. countertransference
d. sympathy
C
This is an example of countertransference. Countertransference occurs when the nurse experiences strong emotional feelings toward the client. These feelings are most like the feelings the nurse probably felt toward her own mother or some other significant person in the nurse's life.
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