title: Ethics and the sexual countertransference.
abstract: In this paper I shall suggest that, in addition to 'conscience', the archetype of Eros plays an important part in 'benign relatedness' and that this is what constitutes an ethical attitude. I also propose that the idea of 'benign relatedness' can provide us with a workable concept for those serving on Ethics Committees especially when our Code of Ethics is unclear or limited. I attempt to show that the analytic attitude is essentially ethical and define what I see as the analytic attitude as a way of demonstrating this. By discussing the neurotic sexual countertransference and unconscious identity I hope to clarify the main reasons for unethical enactments. I use examples of ethical problems, including a personal experience, to illustrate the kinds that occur and lastly I discuss how mourning plays an important part in the resolution and avoidance of these problems.
authors.affiliation: London, UK.
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gee
mesh_terms: D003242:Conscience; D003379:Countertransference; D004325:Dreams; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D005260:Female; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D007602:Jungian Theory; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009769:Object Attachment; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000941:ethics*; D019529:Sexuality; D014167:Transference, Psychology; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology