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Psychotherapy: An Erotic Relationship - Transference and Countertransference Passions - Softcover

Book 44 of 54: Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions

Mann, David

 
9780415148528: Psychotherapy: An Erotic Relationship - Transference and Countertransference Passions
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415148529 ISBN 13: 9780415148528
Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

David Mann is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. He works in primary care and private practice. He also runs workshops and teaches on psychotherapy training programmes.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415148529
ISBN 13 
9780415148528
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224