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This book offers a concise, practical guide to ethically responding to a prevalent but often undisclosed issue: therapists' sexual feelings and fantasies.
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Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Elephant in the Therapy Office
PART I. A POSITIVE APPROACH TO THERAPISTS' SEXUAL FEELINGS AND FANTASIES Chapter 1. A Positive, Open, and Honest Approach to Therapists' Sexual Feelings
Chapter 2. Influential Therapists Who Have Engaged in Sex with Clients, And Why It Matters: The Importance of Sociohistorical Context
Chapter 3. Therapists' Sexual Fantasies
Chapter 4. Exploring Power, Sex, Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Race in Therapists’ Sexual Feelings and Fantasies
PART II. THERAPIST-PATIENT SEXUAL INVOLVEMENT Chapter 5. How Therapist-Patient Sex Harms Patients: A Review of the Research and Other Sources of Information
Chapter 6. Therapist Vulnerabilities
PART III. FORENSIC COMPETENCE Chapter 7. Reactions, Biases, and the Basics of Participating in Forensic Work Involving Therapists-Patient Sex
Chapter 8. The Therapist as Witness: Indispensable First Steps When Working With Attorneys
Chapter 9. Conducting a Forensic Psychological Assessment and Preparing a Report
Chapter 10. Testifying Effectively: Navigating Humility, Responsibility, and Both Cognitive and Emotional Bias
PART IV. INFORMED CONSENT RESOURCES Resource A. Informed Consent for Forensic Assessment (With Special Attention to Issues of Therapist-Patient Sexual Involvement)
Resource B. Informed Consent Issues for Providing Therapy to Patients Who Have Been Sexually Involved with a Prior Therapist
PART V. RESOURCES FOR REVIEWING TREATMENT PLANS, NOTES, AND CHARTS Resource C. Points to Consider When Reviewing the Treatment Plan of a Patient with A History of Sexual Involvement with a Previous Therapist
Resource D. Guidelines for Reviewing a Prior Therapist's Treatment Notes and Chart Materials
PART VI. RESOURCES ON PREPARING FOR DEPOSITION AND CROSS EXAMINATION Resource E. Ten Questions to Help Therapists Prepare for Deposition and Cross-Examination
Resource F. Cross-Examination Questions for Therapists Who Testify About a Patient's Sexual Involvement with a Therapist
PART VII. RESOURCE FOR SUBPOENAS AND COMPELLED TESTIMONY Resource G. Strategies for Private Practitioners Coping with Subpoenas or Compelled Testimony for Client/Patient Records or Test Data or Test Materials
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About the Authors
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Kenneth S. Pope, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, and Hector Y. Adames
Riassunto
Navigating ethical and legal dilemmas of therapists’ sexual feelings, the guide examines unavoidable attractions, boundary crossings, and consensual involvements. It reviews historical perspectives, legal challenges, and forensic issues while prompting reflective self-assessment in therapeutic practice.
