Sexual Exploitation in Professional Relationships

Prevalence of psychiatrist-patient sexual contact. Sex between patient and therapist: psychology's data and response. Sexual contacts between social workers and their clients. Therapist-patient sex syndrome: a guide for attorneys and subsequent therapists to assessing damage. The seduction of the female patient. The lovesick therapist. Individual psychotherapy for victims of therapist-patient sexual intimacy. An example of group therapy for victims of therapist-client sexual intimacy. Sexual intimacies after termination: clinical, ethical, and legal aspects. Rehabilitation of therapists who have been sexually intimate with a patient. Sexual exploitation by sex therapists. Sexual involvement between psychiatric hospital staff and their patients. Teacher-student sexual intimacy. Sexual boundary violations of clergy. Sexual contact in fiduciary relationships. Medicolegal aspects of professional sexual exploitation. Afterword. References.