Alzheimer's: All about transference and ways for caregivers and patients to deal with it

Is transference harmful for Alzheimer’s patients?

According to PsycologyToday.com , the concept of transference emerged from Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic practice in the 1890s. Freud believed that childhood experiences and internal conflicts formed the foundation for one’s development and personality as an adult.

Psychoanalysis aims to uncover those unconscious conflicts which may be responsible for current patterns of emotion and behavior.

Transference is one method through which those conflicts may be recognized and, hopefully, resolved. Transference, in psychology, refers to the phenomenon where a person redirects emotions and feelings from one person to another, often unconsciously. It's a common dynamic in therapy, but it also happens in everyday relationships.

Examples includ