title: The "erotic transference": some technical and countertransferential difficulties.
abstract: This paper highlights dynamics that may interfere with the therapist's identifying and addressing the erotic transference: (1) deficient training; (2) theoretical orientations that devalue the transference while espousing a "real" relationship including self-disclosure; (3) countertransference responses to the erotic transference; and (4) clinical errors of focusing on the manifest erotic transference while overlooking significant but latent pre-oedipal, oedipal, aggressive, or selfobject issues. Inattention to these dynamics may render the therapist vulnerable to sexual acting out with his patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Book
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003379:Countertransference; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007989:Libido; D009813:Oedipus Complex; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D014167:Transference, Psychology