ABSTRACT
This paper begins with an illustration from the HBO series 'In Treatment' and alludes to the gender bias in the portrayal of male and female analysts' erotic countertransference on screen. The author includes several clinical vignettes from her clinical practice, taking a critical stance on the use of the oedipal myth as a concept or tool in analytic treatment. It is suggested that we need to turn this myth on its head in the consulting room as well as on screen, and see that the analyst may be the one who is blind; who needs to own up to her own desires in treatment.
