Return to bookstore index. John G. Gunderson, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Return to bookstore index. Sexual Exploitation in Professional Relationships Edited by Glen O. Gabbard, MD Sexual boundary violations by psychotherapists have received a good deal of attention, but sexual exploitation by other professionals remains for the most part under a shroud of secrecy. The first section of this volume focuses of psychotherapist sexual exploitation, including prevalence, consequences, psychoanalytic perspectives, and treatment.
Legal ramifications are also explored.
Return to bookstore index. Through examples that are both startlingly intimate and deeply political, the author offers bold insights into the countless ways that women show the false and hide the real. Yet the author shows how pretending is so closely linked with femininity that is, quite simply, what the culture teaches women to do. Drawing on more than two decades of clinical experience, Lerner articulates thoughtful guidelines about speaking out and holding back, about how to widen the path to truth-telling for everyone. Her work on the psychology of women has earned international recognition.