In this issue
Features
Transference love听and harm听(free article)
Dawn Devereux explores听the phenomenon of adverse听idealising transference.
Connoisseurs of听counselling
Phil Hills calls on the听counselling professions to听stand up for their efficacy听and values.
Attachment theory听and post-cult recovery
Alexandra Stein and Mary听Russell describe the impact听of growing up in a cult.
Relational ethics听and Ethical Framework
Els van Ooijen explains how听a relational approach can help听untangle ethical dilemmas.
All the world鈥檚 a soap
Geraldine Marsh delves听into issues of identity and听self and what makes us听who we are.
Regulars
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Editorial
This month鈥檚 issue is the first to be produced under the aegis of our new publisher, Think.
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This month the cover article is about the troubling issue of adverse idealising transference (AIT) 鈥� when clients fall in love with an idealised image of their therapist. The author, Dawn Devereux, draws on data from the Clinic for Boundaries Studies (CfBS) helpline casebook. The CfBS emerged from Witness, formerly POPAN, which used to be the only source of support for clients who believed they had been abused, physically, sexually or emotionally, by their therapist. Their campaigns, together with some high-profile court cases, helped bring about the tighter regulation of the counselling and psychotherapy professions, and 香港六合彩精准资料鈥檚 own Register.
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Catherine Jackson
Editor