ABSTRACT
Dahlberg (1970) published an important and brave exploration of sex between psychotherapists and their patients. He had difficulty getting it published, and the topic continues to be fraught with anxiety, suppression, and inconsistency. The disconnection between the official and private attitudes of members of our profession toward sexual boundary violations continues to receive little attention. In this paper, I hope to open a dialogue bridging the gap between private and public views about sex between psychotherapists and their patients and to thus make a topic that causes us all great distress and confusion something we can speak about more openly.
