Erotic Transference and Countertransference [Paperback]

Erotic Transference and Countertransferencebrings together, for the first time, contemporary views on how psychotherapists and analysts work with and think about the erotic in therapeutic practice. Representing a broad spectrum of psychoanalytic perspectives, including object relations, Kleinian, Jungian and Lacanian thought, the contributors highlight similarities and differences in their approaches to the erotic in transference and countertransference, ranging from love and sexual desire to perverse and psychotic manifestations. Erotic Transferenceand Countertransferenceoffers ways of understanding the erotic which should prove both useful and thought-provoking.Acknowledgements. List of Contributors. Erotic Narratives in Psychoanalytic Practice: and Introduction. Part I: Love and the erotic: developmental issues and their relevance to clinical practice. Part II: Progressive and regressive aspects of the erotic transference and countertransference.Part III: Sexual Abuse and its impact on psychotherapy.David Mannis a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and a member of the London Centre for Psychotherapy. He works in private practice and primary care.