title: Cyberpassion: E-rotic transference on the Internet.
abstract: While psychoanalysis has generally been regarded as "the talking cure," written communication from patient to analyst commonly appears within the analytic setting. In our electronic age, e-mail communications from patient to analyst have become commonplace. This paper describes a case of erotic transference conveyed primarily through e-mail messages, and discusses their multiple meanings as an enactment. The unique features of e-mail communication are explored and contrasted with verbal discourse in the analytic dyad.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, BCM 350, Houston, TX 77030-3498, USA. GGabbard12@aol.com
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Gabbard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D004882:Erotica; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D020407:Internet; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D014167:Transference, Psychology