Psychotherapy

An Erotic Relationship: Transference and Countertransference Passions
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-415-14852-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 348 g

Psychotherapy: An Erotic Relationship challenges the traditional belief that transference and countertransference are merely forms of resistance which jeopardize the therapeutic process. David Mann shows how the erotic feelings and fantasies experienced by clients and therapists can be used to bring about a positive transformation.
Combining extensive clinical material with theoretical insights and new research on infants, the author traces erotic development back to the parent-child relationship, drawing parallels between this relationship and the therapist/client dyad. Individual chapters explore the function of the erotic within the unconscious, pre-Oedipal and Oedipal material, homoeroticism in therapy, sexual intercourse as a metaphor for psychological change, the primal scene and the difficulties of working with perversions.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mann, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. 1. The Erotic Transference 2. Of Cupid's Blindfold and Arrows: Erotic Transference, Real or Inauthentic? 3. The Psychotherapist's Erotic Subjectivity 4. Varieties of Erotic Countertransference 5. The Homoerotic Transference and Countertransference Matrix 6. Transference as Symbolic Sexual Intercourse 7. Transference as Symbolic Primal Scene 8. Transference Perversions 9. The Temptation of Transgression Notes References.

Über Autor(innen)

David Mann is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. He works in primary care and private practice. He also runs workshops and teaches on psychotherapy training programmes.