Absolutely fascinating look at the relationship between women and their therapists and the difference between having a male therapist and a female one talks candidly about how often sexual boundaries are crossed and has some rather shocking statistics for someone who wants to be in this field i should read it again since i forget most of the case studies but a lovely read that you can pick up at any point and simply enjoy written very accesibly and smartly as well. The first book to help women navigate the therapeutic alliance in session offers guidance to those who panic at becoming attached to someone whose time they must buy in session goes beyond a simplistic condemnation of sexual transgression to describe the complex gamut of clients feelings that surround these alliances. This book is filled with so much information written after extensive interviews with clients therapists those in the field of psychotherapy it is thorough the best book written on the subject of the relationships that develop during psychotherapy between the client and her therapist. In sessionthe bond between women and their therapists in session the bond between women and their therapists why do so many women develop profound . They might have seen in their bond a distillation of annas wishes needs and feelings about love and might have been able to use that understanding to help her resolve some of her earlier relationships and the conflicts she had about the direction of her life