It has become “politically correct” to view every manifestation of erotic feelings in therapy as “forbidden” and “inappropriate.” In my experience, whenever therapy “works” it has a powerful erotic component. Instead of running away from erotic feelings in therapy, we have to learn to understand them. In their oneness, therapist and patient become powerfully meaningful for one another. By means of their distance, the therapist is able to articulate and value the deep identity of the patient. It is this recognition and “mirroring” which affects the cure.
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