Female Homosexuality

Describing in detail her analytic treatment of eight female homosexuals with common symptoms of incomplete body image and unconscious denial of differences between the sexes, Siegel details the recurring treatment phases that typified their analyses and offers formulations based on both ego-developmental and object-relational perspectives. She candidly describes the countertransferential issues that entered into the treatment of these women and examines basic societal assumptions about sexuality that are imprinted on the analyst.

Elaine V. Siegel

Foreword, Dorpat Introduction 1. Treatment Issues: Dealing with Preoedipal Phenomena 2. Transference Manifestatins and Regressions 3. Clinical Examples: I 4. Clinical Examples: II 5. Countertransferential Regressions and Empathy 6. Parental Profiles as They Emerged in the Daughters' Analyses