Psychotherapy: An Erotic Relationship: Transference and Countertransference Passions

David Mann

ISBN 10: 0415148529 / ISBN 13: 9780415148528

Published by Routledge February 1997, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Psychotherapy: An Erotic Relationship: Transference and Countertransference Passions
• Publisher: Routledge February 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415148529
• ISBN 13: 9780415148528
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: First Edition
• Condition: Used
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.