Working with Sexual Attraction in Psychotherapy Practice and Supervision

Part 1. Clinical Practice: Sexual attraction in the therapy room; 1.1 Let’s talk about sex: Female therapists’ experiences of working with male clients who are sexually attracted to them; 1.2Mapping the ‘Erotic’ in the therapeutic relationship; 1.3 The Meaning of the Asking; 1.4 Gender Identity & Sexual attraction in the therapeutic encounter. A Transgender perspective; 1.5 Editor’s summary and reflection of the themes related to practice issues; Part 2. Sexual attraction and Sexual Identity in Supervision; 2.1 The Supervisory Dimension; 2.2 The Comfort and disturbance of Forbidden Conversations: Sexuality and Erotic Forces in Relational Psychotherapy Supervision; 2.3. Sexual Orientation in the supervisory relationship: Exploring Fears and Fantasies when different sexual orientations are present in the client/therapist and/or supervisory dyad; 2.4. Editor’s Summary and reflection on sexual attraction and orientation in supervision; Part 3. Ethics: Preventing and dealing with transgressions; 3.1. Sexual Transgressions and Transgressing Gender and Sexuality; 3.2. Firefighting. Managing sexual ruptures and transgressions within counselling and psychotherapy services; 3.3. An ethical container for erotic confusion; 3.4. Editor’s Summary and reflection on ethical practice and prevention of transgressions