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Since his father left, joel has been treating his older brother more like a father and has been sharing all his feelings with him. from a psychoanalyst's viewpoint, the older brother in this scenario is synonymous to a therapist and joel's behavior toward his older brother is the result of

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Answer: From a psychoanalyst's viewpoint, the older brother in this scenario is synonymous to a therapist and joel's behavior toward his older brother is the result of transference.

Explanation: Transference occurs when someone projects feelings about someone else (specially those they met in their childhood) onto their therapist.

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