(Ebook) The Intimate Hour: Love and Sex in Psychotherapy by Susan Baur ISBN 9780395822845, 039582284X

(Ebook) The Intimate Hour: Love and Sex in Psychotherapy by Susan Baur ISBN 9780395822845, 039582284X

Drawing on hundreds of cases of mutual attraction between therapists and patients, a clinical psychologist examines the many forms of attraction in therapy, from blatant victimization to true loveWhat 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 intimacy has played a part in therapy since the beginning. With a plea for common sense and open-minded discussion, she makes a powerful argument for confronting this issue in all its complexity, so that everyone who enters therapy—or is already in it—will be prepared the manage the risks of the intimate hour.