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Using a number of clinical case histories as examples, this guide for psychotherapists addresses some of the issues involved in working with gay, lesbian, and bisexual clients. Written by analysts representing a wide range of clinical and theoretical approaches, the 17 contributions discuss such top
List of contents
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Queering the Therapeutic Dyad: Introduction to Psychotherapy with Gay Men and Lesbians
- SECTION I: GAY PATIENTGAY THERAPIST
- Chapter 1. Gay PatientGay Therapist: A Case Report of Stephen
- Chapter 2. A Place of Recognition: Commentary on a Case Report (Gay PatientGay Therapist)
- Chapter 3. Unspoken Questions: Unsayable Answers
- Chapter 4. Discussion of Gay PatientGay Therapist: A Case Report of Stephen
- Chapter 5. Reflections on Self-Disclosure, Desire, Shame, and Emotional Engagement in the Gay Male Psychoanalytic Dyad
- Chapter 6. Dream a Little Dream of Me: A Case Discussion
- SECTION II: EROTIC TRANSFERENCE/COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
- Chapter 7. On Lust and Loathing: Erotic Transference/Countertransference Between a Female Analyst and Female Patients
- Chapter 8. Cross-Gendered Longings and the Demand for Categorization: Enacting Gender Within the Transference-Countertransference Relationship
- Chapter 9. Gay or Straight? Why Do We Really Want to Know?
- Chapter 10. On Homoeroticism, Erotic Countertransference, and the Postmodern View of Life: A Commentary on Papers by Rosiello, Tholfsen, and Meyers
- Chapter 11. The Analyst’s Erotic Subjectivity: A Reply to Karen Maroda’s On Homoeroticism, Erotic Countertransference, and the Postmodern View of Life
- SECTION III: GENDER IDENTITY AND CREATIVITY
- Chapter 12. Gender Identity and Creativity
- SECTION IV: TWO CASES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH PEOPLE WITH HIV/AIDS
- Chapter 13. Psychoanalytic Treatment of an Asymptomatic HIV-Positive Gay Man
- Chapter 14. On Love, AIDS, and Emotional Contact in Psychotherapy
- Chapter 15. Two Cases of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with People with HIV/AIDS: Commentary on Papers by Leli and Weinstein
- Chapter 16. Working Outside the Frame: A Discussion of Papers by Robert Weinstein and Ubaldo Leli
- Chapter 17. Questioning Some Traditional Rules in Psychotherapy
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
About the author
Jack Drescher, Ann D'Ercole, Erica Schoenberg
Summary
Using a number of clinical case histories as examples, this guide for psychotherapists addresses some of the issues involved in working with gay, lesbian, and bisexual clients. Written by analysts representing a wide range of clinical and theoretical approaches, the 17 contributions discuss such top
