twinship transference

in self psychology, a narcissistic transference that, when activated in treatment, results in the patient experiencing the analyst or therapist as very similar in characteristics to himself or herself, thereby enhancing the patient’s experience of being understood and valued. Also called alter-ego transference. Compare idealizing transference; mirror transference. [first described by Austrian-born U.S. psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut (1913–1981)]

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May 8th 2024

NIDDM

abbreviation for noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.