ABSTRACT
Countertransference is ubiquitous in psychotherapy, and clinical supervision is the field’s primary tool for teaching clinicians to effectively deal with it. In sex therapy, countertransference can be especially challenging, both to deal with and to discuss. This chapter examines the role of clinical supervision in helping therapists deal optimally with countertransference in sex therapy with individuals and couples. Different kinds of countertransference that are likely to arise in sex therapy are explored, and examples of working in supervision to address a range of countertransference experiences are presented.
