Cyberpassion: E-rotic transference on the Internet. |
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Authors: | G O Gabbard |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, BCM 350, Houston, TX 77030-3498, USA. GGabbard12@aol.com |
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Abstract: | While psychoanalysis has generally been regarded as "the talking cure," written communication from patient to analyst commonly appears within the analytic setting. In our electronic age, e-mail communications from patient to analyst have become commonplace. This paper describes a case of erotic transference conveyed primarily through e-mail messages, and discusses their multiple meanings as an enactment. The unique features of e-mail communication are explored and contrasted with verbal discourse in the analytic dyad. |
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