Sexy Therapy

Published February 10, 2016 | By Holly

Should a Therapist Have Intercourse With Patients?
Seagull
Psychology Today
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Submitter: This surprising 35 min cassette recording could have been compressed into a 5 second recording comprised of 1 word : NO

Holly: Was this actually something that the profession was questioning in the 1970s? It gives “sex therapy” a whole new meaning!

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16 Responses to Sexy Therapy

Jim on February 10, 2016 at 9:08 am

Depends on the client….
Bov Holley on February 10, 2016 at 9:35 am

I once sold a used book on this question to a therapist who commented that he needed it right away.
Sarah on February 10, 2016 at 9:50 am

Nope. This is a thing: http://www.surrogatetherapy.org/what-is-surrogate-partner-therapy/
Lisa on February 10, 2016 at 11:38 am

The title isn’t a question. To me it read as a theoretical problem already existing, like “Should a man do such and such,” then how can we handle it.
But, it isn’t a question. Like the movie, “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.” It is not a question!
fromula on February 10, 2016 at 12:40 pm

ah part of dr. gaye’s sexual healing program…
Nann on February 10, 2016 at 1:25 pm

Is the author related to Jonathan Livingston?
Martin on February 10, 2016 at 1:39 pm

This should really be digitized and put on the internet.
A.C. on February 10, 2016 at 1:49 pm

Ummm….
omniviewer on February 10, 2016 at 5:21 pm

Is the author related to Barbara Seagull?
Jami on February 11, 2016 at 1:31 pm

Isn’t there a whole branch of therapy now where the therapists do have sex with their patients? Sexual surrogates?
- omniviewer on February 11, 2016 at 9:21 pm
  
  Oh, yes — I saw a good movie about that, starring Helen Hunt and John Hawkes, called “The Sessions.” Really well done — he was a severely disabled man and she was the therapist, based on a true story/memoir. My wonderful local theater (the Coolidge Corner Theatre) had Hawkes and someone else from the film (director? screenplay writer?) for Q&A afterwards. Hawkes impressed me very much — not a Hollywood actor ego at all.
FlowCoef on February 11, 2016 at 5:10 pm

I am annoyed by the meaningless nautilus shell on the cover.
- Jami on February 13, 2016 at 1:43 am
  
  I was thinking that was suppose to symbolize The Golden Ratio.
  
  http://www.livescience.com/37704-phi-golden-ratio.html
  
  Though I usually see it applied to art –
  
  http://emptyeasel.com/2009/01/20/a-guide-to-the-golden-ratio-aka-golden-section-or-golden-mean-for-artists/
  
  And drunken New Years Eve photos –
  
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3381257/The-picture-sums-Manchester-New-Year-s-Eve.html
  - FlowCoef on February 13, 2016 at 1:15 pm
    
    But what does it have to do with therapy and therapists? (Question to the art designer)
matt on February 18, 2016 at 9:49 am

Without knowing more about the tape, I am just going to be boring and assume they mean intercourse with the “friendly conversation” definition. As in, should a therapist just listen to their patients or should they engage them in friendly discussion?
Masha on March 3, 2016 at 6:19 pm

What I really like here is Submitter’s statement that it should be condensed into a five-second recording of the word NO. Because honestly? I am going to say the word “no” for five seconds right here:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

(I counted the seconds as I held the “o” key.) And I must say I agree with Submitter. The answer is not just NO, but rather a *five-second-long* NO.