Research Catalog

Title

The wounded healer : addiction-sensitive approach to the sexually exploitative professional / Richard Irons, Jennifer P. Schneider.

Author

Irons, Richard, M.D.

Publication

Northvale, N.J. : J. Aronson, c1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Schneider, Jennifer P.

Description

xvi, 252 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

• "Professionals are as human as those they serve. Sexual relationships and other improprieties occur between doctors, ministers, or therapists and their patients, parishioners, or clients. Virtually all such "romances" are destructive, not only for the protagonists but for their families. This book helps clinicians understand and treat the professional who has had sexual contact with a patient or client. Over half of these wounded healers have sexual disorders with addictive features, and fully one-third are addicted to alcohol and/or other drugs. This has clear implications for treatment and re-entry into professional work.
• Assessment and treatment of the victim are also addressed, with the assurance that healing does eventually come to most of those touched by this painful and unfortunate situation."--Jacket.

Subject

• Sex between psychotherapist and patient
• Psychotherapists > Mental health
• Psychotherapists > Sexual behavior
• Psychotherapists > Counseling of
• Psychiatrists > Professional ethics
• Sex addiction > Treatment
• Sexually abused patients
• Behavior, Addictive > therapy
• Professional-Patient Relations
• Sex Offenses > psychology
• Psychotherapy > methods
• Professional Impairment > psychology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-241) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. I. Toward an Understanding of Sexual Exploitation. 1. Sexual Exploitation: Definition and Assessment. 2. Development of Boundaries, Male Psychology, and the Genesis of Sexual Exploitation. 3. Sexual Disorders and Addictive Disease. 4. The Sexually Exploitative Relationship. 5. When Is a Professional Sexually Exploitative? Gray Areas -- pt. II. Categories of Sexually Exploitative Men. 6. Archetypes of Sexually Exploitative Males: Role in Assessment and Treatment. 7. The Naive Prince. 8. The Wounded Warrior. 9. The Self-Serving Martyr. 10. The False Lover. 11. The Dark King. 12. The Madman -- pt. III. Healing the Wounded. 13. The Forgotten Victims: The Offender's Family. 14. A Path to Wholeness.

ISBN

1568217633 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^98021444^

OCLC

38976571

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library