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The Management of Erotic/Sexual Countertransference Reactions: An Exploration of the Difficulties and Opportunities Involved

Pages 224-241
Published online: 16 May 2018
 
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The author considers the nature of erotic processes through the lens of transference/countertransference-focused psychotherapy, with particular emphasis on accounting for both old and cocreated, new self-other configurations. He also examines the defensive and transformational potential of the erotic within therapy. The need to develop and maintain a therapeutic frame and boundaries is examined, and the difficulty that erotic/sexual processes and awareness in the therapy pose in the countertransference is explored. The risk of boundary violations is highlighted.

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Ray Little

Ray Little, Certified Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy), is a psychotherapist, supervisor, and trainer working in private practice in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a visiting tutor at several psychotherapy training institutes in the United Kingdom and Europe. Ray is a founding member of the International Association for Relational Transactional Analysis (IARTA). He can be reached at 4/2 Oxford Street, Edinburgh EH8 9PJ, United Kingdom; email: , website: www.enderbyassociates.co.uk. The author would like to thank Shirley Spitz, Dr. Helena Hargaden, Sue Eusden, Dr. Roger Bacon and Jane Read for reading earlier drafts and for suggesting references and edits.
 

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