The Wounded Healer Addiction-Sensitive Therapy for the Sexually Exploitative Professional

by Irons, Richard; Schneider, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9781568217635
• ISBN10: 1568217633
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1977-07-07
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

Professionals are as human as those they serve. Sexual relationships and other improprieties occur between doctors, ministers, or therapists and their patients, parishioners, or clients. Virtually all such romances are destructive, not only for the protagonists but for their families. This book helps clinicians understand and treat the professional who has had sexual contact with a patient or client. Over half of these wounded healers have sexual disorders with addictive features, and fully one-third are addicted to alcohol and/or other drugs. This has clear implications for treatment and re-entry into professional work. Assessment and treatment of the victim are also addressed, with the assurance that healing does eventually come to most of those touched by this painful and unfortunate situation.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
PART I: TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION	3	(90)
1 Sexual Exploitation: Definition and Assessment	3	(14)
2 Development of Boundaries, Male Psychology, and the Genesis of Sexual Exploitation	17	(14)
3 Sexual Disorders and Addictive Disease	31	(16)
4 The Sexually Exploitative Relationship	47	(20)
5 When Is a Professional Sexually Exploitative? Gray Areas	67	(26)
PART II: CATEGORIES OF SEXUALLY EXPLOITATIVE MEN	93	(96)
6 Archetypes of Sexually Exploitative Males: Role in Assessment and Treatment	93	(10)
7 The Naive Prince	103	(16)
8 The Wounded Warrior	119	(18)
9 The Self-Serving Martyr	137	(14)
10 The False Lover	151	(14)
11 The Dark King	165	(14)
12 The Madman	179	(10)
PART III: HEALING THE WOUNDED	189	(46)
13 The Forgotten Victims: The Offender's Family	189	(22)
14 A Path to Wholeness	211	(24)
References	235	(8)
Credits	243	(2)
Index	245