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Psychotherapy: An Erotic Relationship: Transference and Countertransference Passions
Contributor(s): Mann, David (Author)
ISBN: 0415148529     ISBN-13: 9780415148528
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $47.45  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 1997
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"Psychotherapy: An Erotic Relationship" explores the most intimate elements of the psychoanalytical relationship--the erotic feelings and fantasies that patients and therapists often experience towards one another. David Mann challenges the traditional view that transference and countertransference are forms of resistance which threaten the therapeutic process and argues that they are potentially a powerful source of creative transformation.
Making use of clinical material, theoretical insights and new research on infants, Mann traces erotic development back to the parent-child relationship. Drawing parallels between this relationship and the therapist/client dyad, he explains how the parent and therapist alike experience a range of erotic responses which correspond to relevant stimulus from the infant or patient. 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.
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychotherapy - General
- Psychology | Mental Health
Dewey: 616.891
LCCN: 96027225
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.28" W x 9.24" (0.80 lbs) 224 pages
 
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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.