title: Younger man/older woman: a cautionary tale.
abstract: This is a single case study of a parallel relationship between (a) the patient and his romantic partner and (b) the patient and his therapist. While parallels such as these are not unusual in therapy and may, in fact, be universal, coincidences of age and duration facilitate the understanding of some of the competitive aspects of the patient-therapist-significant other triangle.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003379:Countertransference; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007578:Jealousy; D008297:Male; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D014167:Transference, Psychology; D014754:Violence