Edward starts to worry about telling his therapist about his drinking. he is afraid that the therapist will get mad at him like his mother used to. edward has started relating to his therapist as he related to his mother. edward is experiencing

The appropriate response is transference. It is a phenomenon portrayed by oblivious redirection of sentiments starting with one individual then onto the next. One meaning of transference is "the unseemly reiteration in the present of a relationship that was critical in a man's youth".