Therapists Who Have Sex With Their Patients: Treatment And Recovery

by Strean,Herbert S.

• ISBN13: 9780876307243
• ISBN10: 0876307241
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1993-09-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Preface
Sex in Psychotherapy	p. 1
The Therapeutic Situation	p. 5
Changing Views of the Patient in Psychotherapy	p. 10
Who Becomes a Psychotherapist and Which Ones Act Out Sexually?	p. 15
Review of the Literature on the Therapist's Role in Sexual Liaisons with Patients	p. 22
The Training of the Psychotherapist and Its Impact on Sexual Acting Out	p. 30
Society and the Psychotherapist	p. 33
Sexual Conflicts and the Sexualizing Therapist	p. 37
The Case of Ronald Sterling: A Macho Psychiatrist Afraid of the "Woman" Within	p. 41
The Case of Roslyn Mason: A Psychoanalyst Who Administers Expensive Love Therapy	p. 70
The Case of Bob Williams: A Sex Addict Who Believes His Women Patients Hunger For Him	p. 101
The Case of Al Green: A Sadomasochistic Social Worker Who Makes His Female Ex-patients Suffer	p. 132
Conclusions: Treatment Principles, Cautionary Notes, and Preventive Measures	p. 154
Psychosexual Development	p. 161
Marital Relationships	p. 164
Other Interpersonal Relationships	p. 165
Ego and Superego Functions	p. 166
A Dynamic Explanation of the Sexually Exploitative Therapist	p. 168
The Rehabilitation and Treatment of the Sexually Exploitative Therapist	p. 173
The Treatment of the Sexually Exploitative Therapist Is Often Involuntary	p. 176
Other Countertransference Problems	p. 178
Major Treatment Principles	p. 180
Preventive Measures	p. 186
References	p. 191
Index	p. 201
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