Which of the following is NOT an example of a counseling situation that could lead to countertransference?
A) You have been a victim of domestic abuse and your male client discloses that he hit his wife because he couldn't get her to stop nagging him about his drinking.
B) Your client is having problems with her 16-year-old daughter who keeps running away from home. Your own teenage daughter recently did the same thing and you are still reeling from the incident.
C) Your client is having problems making a decision about his career. You remember having similar struggles before deciding to go into the helping field.
D) You worked through your issues in counseling and discuss the possibility for countertransference with supervisor to remain alert.

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Countertransference involves a therapist projecting their own feelings onto a client. D is not an example of countertransference because it describes a therapist being proactive about managing potential countertransference, not experiencing it.

Which of the Following Is NOT an Example of a Counseling