Erotic revelations : clinical applications and perverse scenarios / Andrea Celenza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Celenza, Andrea, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex (Psychology).

Psychoanalysis.

Psychotherapist and patient.

Sexual excitement.

Physical Description:

x, 168 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

"Erotic Revelations: Clinical Applications and Perverse Scenarios delves into erotic desires and fantasies ... above all, how our sexuality expresses our inner being and defines the ways in which we engage in the psychoanalytic situation. Andrea Celenza addresses the 'desexualization' of the psychoanalytic field by reclaiming sexuality as one of the many nexes that are of central concern to the patient. She illustrates a wide range of erotic manifestations (for both therapist and patient) and offers recommendations to practitioners for dealing with erotic material when it arises. Andrea Celenza has divided this book into two parts, with clinical, theoretical, and technical discussions in each chapter: Part I: Varieties and Meanings of Erotic Transferences and Countertransferences - Presents the varieties and meanings of erotic transferences and countertransferences common in clinical situations; - Includes case studies of erotic material used as examples of phases in treatment as well as moments of defensive impasse; - Includes discussions of the management of aggression, underlying merger fantasies, uses of countertransferences (in multiple forms), and dilemmas surrounding self-disclosure. Part II: Perverse Scenarios Revisited - Reconceptualizes and restores the term perversion into the clinical lexicon; - Views perversion as a quality of relating rather than a specific action or behavior; - Presents a wide range of clinical illustrations that demonstrates the usefulness of this reformulation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Erotics embodied: transferences and countertransferences 13

Introduction 15

1 Maternai erotic transferences and merger wishes 25

2 Maternal erotic transferences: engaging the mother within 37

3 Erotic transferences and the role of aggression 47

4 The guilty pleasure of erotic countertransference: searching for radial true 59

5 Erotic countertransference revelations 71

Part II Perverse scenarios revisited 85

Introduction 87

6 Perverse female scenarios: the Objectified Self 99

7 Sadomasochistic relating: what's sex got to do with it? 113

8 Fetishes, the anal universe, and other fantasies of one-person relating 125.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138776739

1138776734

9781138776746

1138776742

OCLC:

878224666

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