What happens when a patient falls for her therapist - or a therapist is powerfully drawn to a client? Is it always a matter of abuse? In this provocative and timely study of intimacy in psychotherapy, both sides speak out for the first time, revealing the surprising spectrum of experience and feeling encountered when love slips into the therapy hour. Drawing on hundreds of instances of mutual attraction, Susan Baur shows that the stories to be told are rarely simple ones. They range instead from clear-cut cases of ...
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What happens when a patient falls for her therapist - or a therapist is powerfully drawn to a client? Is it always a matter of abuse? In this provocative and timely study of intimacy in psychotherapy, both sides speak out for the first time, revealing the surprising spectrum of experience and feeling encountered when love slips into the therapy hour. Drawing on hundreds of instances of mutual attraction, Susan Baur shows that the stories to be told are rarely simple ones. They range instead from clear-cut cases of victimization to the grayer areas where those involved can be either lovestruck or truly in love. Firsthand accounts confirm that sexual attraction is common despite regulations to suppress it, and that fear of scandal has left those seeking help - counselors and clients alike - with nowhere to turn for advice. Together with stories of the famous liaisons of Carl Jung, Anton Mesmer, Otto Rank, and others, these accounts offer irrefutable evidence that attraction in therapy ta
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Very Good in Very Good, Price Clipped jacket. Book Complete number line from 1 to 10; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; previous owner's name on front end paper; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition.