Moral Stealth - How Correct Behavior Insinuates Itself into Psychotherapeutic Practice

Preface vii Introduction 1(6) PART I: THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN CLINICAL PRACTICE AND MORALLY CORRECT BEHAVIOR Setting the Stage 7(4) Positioning Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy for Moral Concerns 11(10) Moral Stealth 21(10) The Moral Posture of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy: The Case for Moral Ambiguity 31(18) PART II: DIFFICULTIES IN RECONCILING CORRECT BEHAVIOR WITH PSYCHOANALYTIC AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PRACTICE A Risk of Confidentiality 49(12) On the Nature of Thoughtlessness 61(11) I Wish the Hour Were Over: Elements of a Moral Dilemma 72(11) Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and the Problem of Ownership: An Effort at Resolution 83(13) Who Owns the Countertransference? 96(7) PART III: THE CONTINGENCY OF CORRECT BEHAVIOR Another Look at Neutrality 103(10) Deontology and the Superego 113(9) Choosing Up Sides 122(9) Making Morals Manifest 131(6) Postscript 137(4) References 141(6) Index 147