In addition to the readings below, if you have time, please read Joy Schaverein, particularly “Desire and the Female Therapist” Chapter 2, and/or Gabbard, G.O. Sexual boundary violations in psychoanalysis: A 30 year-year retrospective. Psychoanalytic Psychology34(2) 151-156 https://doi.org/10.1037/pap0000079  

We will use this first seminar to explore what we mean and understand by ethics. I will start with a very brief, schematic overview of some historical ethical thinkers. How do “rules and codes” differ from individual ethics and morality? What do we make of the Jung quote below? The readings are intended as springboards […]

We will continue exploring the impact of cultural and socio-political norms and question assumptions in our ethical thinking. Taking the example from Sebek’s paper we could ask what happens when we do not share the same ethical values as our patient or supervisee from a different culture? We will consider the impact of personal shadow […]

Robert would like you to read as much of his book, “The Wounded Researcher – Research with soul in mind” Routledge, 2020, in advance of the seminar. In particular: Part II: Process, Chapters 4 and 5 Part III: Method, Chapter 8, pages 219-233 The book is available in the AJA library and can be purchased […]