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List of contents
Acknowledgements for the 2021 Classic Edition; Psychotherapy: An Erotic Relationship - A 'Slight Return'; Introduction; 1. The Erotic Transference; 2. Of Cupid's Blindfold and Arrows: Erotic Transference, Real or Inauthentic?; 3. The Psychotherapist's Erotic Subjectivity; 4. Varieties of Erotic Countertransference; 5. The Homoerotic Transference-Countertransference Matrix; 6. Transference as Symbolic Sexual Intercourse; 7. Transference as Symbolic Primal Scene; 8. Transference Perversions; 9. The Temptation of Transgression; Notes; References; Index.
About the author
David Mann is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice in Tunbridge Wells. He was previously a consultant psychotherapist in the NHS for 15 years. He is a member of the British Psychoanalytic Council and the UK Council for Psychotherapy. He has run his workshop, 'Working with the Erotic Transference and Countertransference', around the UK and Europe. He has authored numerous articles and book chapters and is the editor of three significant books on the erotic transference, love and hate, and trauma.
Summary
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.
