On lust and loathing: Erotic transference/countertransference between a female analyst and female patients

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 5-26

  Rosiello, Florence ^a,b  

^a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center   (United States)

^b New York Institute for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Countertransference; Erotic transference; Homosexuality; Lesbianism; Psychoanalysis; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010550243     PISSN: 08917140     EISSN: 15407128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J236v04n02_02     Document Type: Article

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