When transference occurs, effective therapists learn to
a. avoid reacting as others do and playing the patient's habitual "games.".
b. reinforce this transference by playing the role of "the parent" to aid in recreating the patient's feelings.
c. punish this transference in order to eliminate it occurring again in the therapeutic session.
d. ignore this transference and follow therapeutic guidelines.
A
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