Social Aspects Of Sexual Boundary Trouble In Psychoanalysis

This book goes beyond the established consensus that sexual boundary violations constitute a serious breach of professional ethics,to explore the cultural and historical implications of their chronic persistence.
It appeals to specialists in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, critical theory, feminist studies and social thought.

Charles Levin, Ph.D., F.I.P.A. is a Training and Supervising Analyst, Editor-in-chief, Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis, and Director, Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis. He has edited and authored several analytic books and many articles on clinical, ethical and cultural topics.

Introduction: Social Preconditions of Psycho-Sexual Violations in Psychoanalysis: Reflections on the work of Muriel Dimen 2. Rotten Apples and Ambivalence: Sexual Boundary Violations through a Psychocultural Lens 3. Rehabilitation in a Boundary Violation from the Perspective of the Transgressor 4. BOUNDARY VIOLATIONS: The assaults on thinking: Consequences and remedies 5. When the Cat Guards the Canary: Using Bystander Intervention Towards Community-Based Response 6. Does Sexuality Have Anything to with Sexual Boundary Violations? 7. Reflections on the Aesthetics of the Psychic Boundary Concept: Or, Why Refer to Sexual Misconduct with Patients as Boundary Violation? 8. When the Body Knows the Mind's Rest 9. From No to Know: Charting the "Space Between" 10. Boundary Trouble in the Psychoanalytic Republic: Reflections on Muriel Dimen's Concept of the 'Primal Crime' 11. Losing Our Psychoanalytic Virginity