Therapy Erotic and Sexual is sure to pique anyone's interest.
Few topics raise more hackles in the public mind or therapeutic community.
Haule is not encouraging therapist-patient sex, but he is against making any assumptions, because assumptions may cut off the real healing possibilities of a contained eros. These ideas are not new ones for Jungians or others. However, Haule furthers the issue by revealing in detail the interior logic of the argument that winds up at, so to speak, the erotic-empathic position. Haule's treatise emphasizes quickly and foremost the mutual love, moving more slowly to the relinquishment aspect. His respect for the spiritual, emotional, and healing powers of a deep eros involvement prohibits his own a priori prohibition of sexual engagement with patients.