Book Announcement by Andrea Celenza (USA)

Celenza, A. (2025). Erotic transferences: A Contemporary introduction. Routledge.

Erotic Transferences: A Contemporary Introduction is part of a new series by Routledge that offers concise introductions dedicated to influential concepts, theories, leading figures, and techniques in psychoanalysis, characterized by “clarity, accessibility, and depth.” Here Andrea Celenza offers a comprehensive introduction to this key yet challenging aspect of the psychoanalytic process. Celenza highlights the sparseness of literature on erotic transferences and a tendency to desexualize psychoanalytic theorizing. Positing that this results from the inherent threat erotic transferences can pose to the analyst, she seeks to redress the omission. She offers a thorough overview of the topic, clarifies terminology, and provides vivid case examples and the tools to deal with the intense feelings that inevitably arise with erotic transferences. Throughout the volume, Celenza discusses the interplay of power and gender, along with chapters on the temptation of disclosure and the disturbing prevalence of sexual boundary violations.

www.routledge.com/Erotic-Transference-A-Contemporary-Introduction/Celenza/p/book/9781032471068

Andrea Celenza, Ph.D., is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and Assistant Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School. She is also Adjunct Faculty at the NYU Post-Doctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and The Florida Psychoanalytic Center. She has written over 60 papers and three books on love, sexuality, and psychoanalysis. The recipient of several awards, her writings have been translated into Italian, Spanish, Korean, Russian and Farsi. Her third book, Transference, Love, Being: Essential Essays from the Field, was published in 2022 by Routledge.

Andrea Celenza, Ph.D.
Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
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