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Originally Posted by toomanycats
*shrug* I don't consider my transference an addiction nor does it take away from my life.
I also don't know that I'll ever "work through" my transference in that I don't think I'll ever stop seeing my therapist as a father figure. I don't see anything wrong with that, though.
I'm not in therapy for forever, and I will say goodbye someday. But I will always view him as having been a father figure to me.
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In my experience, seeing my former T as a father figure is not the same as a paternal transference. The difference is that now that attachment isn't fueled by needs. The needs were met. So what remains is a mutual fondness, a normalized adult daughter/father relationship. For me it has been one of the rewards of seeing the process through.