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Abuse & Violence - Psychology, Physician & Patient, Behavior Disorders, Psychiatry - General & Miscellaneous, Medical Ethics, Abuse & Violence, Family Abuse & Violence, Criminology - Sex Crimes, Human Sexuality - Psychology, Substance Use & Abuse, Treatme
The Wounded Healer by Richard Irons,Jennifer P. Schneider β€” book cover

The Wounded Healer

by Richard Irons, Jennifer P. Schneider
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Overview

Professionals are as human as those they serve. Sexual relationships and other improprieties occur between doctors, ministers, or therapists and their patients, parishioners, or clients. Virtually all such 'romances' are destructive, not only for the protagonists but for their families. This book helps clinicians understand and treat the professional who has had sexual contact with a patient or client. Over half of these wounded healers have sexual disorders with addictive features, and fully one-third are addicted to alcohol and/or other drugs. This has clear implications for treatment and re-entry into professional work. Assessment and treatment of the victim are also addressed, with the assurance that healing does eventually come to most of those touched by this painful and unfortunate situation.

Disc. boundaries, sexual disorders, addiction, categories of sexually exploitative men, victim, offender's family, etc.

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Book Details

Published
January 28, 1999
Publisher
Northvale, N.J. : J. Aronson, c1999.
Pages
272
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781568217635

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