An older adult female talks frequently about her love of gardening as a way of coping. The therapist begins to realize after self-reflection that she allows the therapy session to move more toward a discussion of the love for flowers instead of focusing on the patient's concerns because the therapist's deceased mother also had a love of gardening. This phenomenon is best known as: _________

a. Gerotransference
b. Transcendence
c. Countertransference
d. A sign of a close therapeutic relationship