Working with erotic transference and counter-transference
This in-person workshop aims to widen your knowledge of erotic transference and counter transference in the therapy room.
Programme
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| Timings | Session |
| 09.30am - 10.00am |
Welcome and introductions – swimming pool of awareness |
| 10.00am – 11.00am |
Module 1- Noticing and facing up. · Themes to help you notice · How to recognise an erotic pleasure and horror · Risk assessment for both self and client · Facing up to the reality of attraction in therapy |
| 11.00am – 11.15am | Break |
| 11.15am - 12.15pm |
Module 2- Reflecting, processing and formulating meaning. · Becoming more aware of the impact · Recognising the value of self-supervision or shared supervision · Distinguish the types of erotic responses · Use of a developmental frame of reference · Formulate what may be happening between you and them |
| 12.15pm – 12.45pm |
Shared small group reflections on individual client experiences. Q&A session |
| 12.45pm - 1.45pm | Lunch |
| 1.45pm - 3:15pm |
Module 3- Disclosure and working for client benefit. · Decision-making around disclosing · Awareness of unhelpful avoidant behaviours · Decision-making around benefit of disclosure to each client · Skills to raise this between you and your client · Fantasy – what is the role of this? |
| 3:15pm - 4:30pm |
Personal reflections using return to pool image What next? Impact on my own practice Further reading |
| 4:30pm | Event close |
This programme is subject to change.
About the presenter
Sally Openshaw is a COSRT accredited psychosexual psychotherapist and supervisor. She has developed a specialist interest in erotic transference and countertransference and has now provided webinars across the UK, Ireland Scotland and Wales. She will shortly become the Chair of the International Integrative Psychotherapy Association and has added in concepts from this relational and developmental approach into her teachings. She has spoken internationally at numerous conferences and seminars on this subject and is combining this learning to produce a book on the topic. She will share her own experiences openly, with a realness that brings a supportive understanding to this topic, and will listen and encourage you to question your own experiences to enhance the overall learning each of you will gain that attend this webinar.