Restoring Institutional Integrity in the Wake of Sexual Boundary Violations

A Case Study

Bibliographic Data

ID8334407
AuthorsRichard G Honig, James W Barron
Year2013
Volume61
Issue5
Pages897-924
Publication date2013-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0003065113501868
PMID23963185
OpenAlexW2125807764
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited11

It is widely acknowledged that sexual boundary violations by a faculty member at an analytic institute damage the local analytic community in ways that can reverberate for years. Yet little has been written about the process of institutional recovery. With one exception, a paper published after the major protagonists had died, no actual case studies are to be found in the literature. In 2010 a senior training analyst at a psychoanalytic training program abruptly resigned under the cloud of a presumed sexual boundary violation. Seventeen months later, an APsaA Committee on Institutes site visit presented a unique opportunity to study the institutional trauma and recovery process as they unfolded. This report highlights the importance of recognizing and working through the expectable institutional resistance to processing the trauma. This enables a sensitive response to the various constituencies that have been affected and allows the integrity of the institute to be restored

Boundary (topology) · Process (computing) · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Resistance (ecology) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Computer Science · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

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