61st Annual Conference

Friday, February, 27
Morning Workshops
10:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M.

Workshop 49
Wild Civility - Working with Erotic Feelings in Group Therapy and Supervision

 

Chairs:            

Melissa Black, Ph.D., CGP, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas         

Dale Godby, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

 

The erotics between the supervisor and the supervisee, the members of the supervision group, and supervisee and their therapy group will be explored.  The tension wild-civility will be used to illustrate a valuable dialectic in managing erotic feelings for the benefit of all involved.  The workshop will utilize didactic and sharing of work experience to demonstrate the wild-civility dialectic.

didactic-sharing of work experiences-experiential-demonstration

 

Course References:

 

1. Davies, J. (1998). Between the disclosure and foreclosure of erotic transference-

    countertransference: Can psychoanalysis find a place for adult sexuality? Psychoanalytic

    Dialogues, 8, 747-766.

2. Gabbard, G. & Lester, E. (1995). Boundaries and boundary violations in psychoanalysis. New

    York: Basic Books.

3. Russ, H. (1999). Leaving chastity behind: The analyst's use of her sexual response.

    Psychoanalytic Psychology, 16, 605-616.