Todd is attracted to his therapist. his attraction reflects the feelings he had toward his mother when he was a young boy in the midst of the oedipal conflict. todd's experience illustrates:

Todd is attracted to his therapist. his attraction reflects the feelings he had toward his mother when he was a young boy in the midst of the oedipal conflict. Todd’s experience illustrates a result of the undealt oedipal conflict called fixation. He completely became "mother-fixated". As grownups, these people will seek out their significant others who mirror their opposite-sex parent.