Abstract
This article presents a detailed case study as a way to examine the tensions between self-perceived conflicts about “perverse” and “normal” modes of sexual expression. The author describes how being aware of his own countertransference reactions to the client's struggles contributed to creating the psychological space in which the client could come to his own conclusions. The article is also a contribution to the efforts to establish sexuality as a central focus of attention to psychotherapy in general and transactional analysis in particular.