html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 10 Why Can’t We Be Lovers? The Love-Obsessed Clients Who Stalk Their Therapist Maria Luca and Juliet Soskice The question in the title of our chapter ‘why can’t…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 9 Bound to the Mast Reflections on Analytic Abstinence Andrea Sabbadini The subject of erotic transference and countertransference in psychoanalysis1 is close to our profession’s bone, and bringing…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 7 Addressing Sexual Attraction in Supervision Kirsten W. Murray and John Sommers-Flanagan Ethical models predictably involve consultation and supervision as necessary steps in the ethical decision-making process. As…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 6 An Acceptance Commitment Therapy Approach to Sexual Attraction Richard Blonna This chapter will highlight how the principles and practices of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) can help…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 5 The Role of Psychological Proximity and Sexual Feelings in Negotiating Relatedness in the Consulting Room A Phenomenological Perspective Paul Smith-Pickard Introduction In this chapter, I will argue…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 4 Knowing but Not Showing Achieving Reflective Encounter with Desire – A Relational Psychoanalytic Perspective Doris McIlwain In handling sexual desire that arises in the course of psychotherapy,…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 3 Existential Psychotherapy and Sexual Attraction Meaning and Authenticity in the Therapeutic Encounter Michael D. Berry The simultaneous uniqueness and universality of human experience is encapsulated in the…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 2 Sexual Attraction in the Therapeutic Relationship An Integrative Perspective John Nuttall ‘Therapy is at its core an intimate relationship which explores some of the most profound questions…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 1 ‘Hot Cognition in Sexual Attraction’ Clarifying, Using and Defusing the Dionysian in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapies Michael Worrell A young-ish male therapist walks downstairs to meet a new…
