Transference And Countertransference In Psychotherapy By Muafia Bashir Medium Transference (German Übertragung) is a phenomenon within psychotherapy in which the "feelings, attitudes, or desires" a person had about one thing are unconsciously projected ontoThe term “transference” was first coined by Sigmund Freud in his book, “The Interpretation of Dreams” At the time, Freud believed that transference was a purely unconscious Transference psychology freud