Question

​dr. zhang notices that his client, mariel, becomes very defensive when asked to elaborate on her financial difficulties. dr. zhang infers that mariel has likely been defensive with her parents and supervisors at work as well. what technique is dr. zhang using to make his inference?

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: transference

In psychological term, transference refers tot he residual emotions from the past that might influence our behavior in our current time.
In most cases, this residual emotions come from a certain level of traumatic experience during childhood.