ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the case study of Ian. It describes the story of how the individual found a temporary “solution” to his oedipal conflict before coming to therapy, but it is the development of the transference that dominates this case history and adds to its fascination. Ian was born the second child to his parents, who had been married quite some years when they had him. He has an elder sister and who took care of him emotionally all of his childhood, and to whom he continued to be close when he presented in therapy. The chapter discusses the psychodynamic complications in the therapy as a result of Ian’s insecure —avoidant attachment schema that had resulted from his childhood experiences with his “significant others”. The fact that Ian’s transference became erotised indicates that there is a strong likelihood that at some stage of his early childhood he was subjected to undue sexual excitation.
