Psychotherapy: An Erotic Relationship - Transference and Countertransference Passions (Paperback)

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.
Psychotherapy: An Erotic Relationship offers practitioners a deeper understanding of the interaction between erotic transference and countertransference and shows how these problematic aspects of therapy can be used to enhance the therapeutic process.

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General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 1997
First published:	1997
Authors:	David Mann
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	212
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-14852-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > Psychotherapy Promotions
LSN:	0-415-14852-9
Barcode:	9780415148528

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