ABSTRACT
This chapter suggests that discussions of the erotic transference have overly focussed on desire and resistance. The effect of this has been two-fold. First, it has resulted in a neglect of the important fear-based erotic transference, which can provide a gateway for understanding and healing sexual anxieties and injuries from the past. Second, it has encouraged a tendency to see the ‘erotic transference’ as something that needs to be sidelined or overcome in order for the patient to progress. This chapter argues that the fear-based erotic transference can instead be the gateway to transformation.
