Considerations in the psychoanalytic treatment of men who were sexually abused as children.

Examines the literature on sexually abused men and illustrates with clinical examples from individual and group psychoanalytic practice the themes that emerge in working with them. Sexual abuse situations with boys are considered in 3 groups: those involving penetration, those involving inappropriate tactile contact, and those involving noncontact seduction and excitation. The boundary violation inherent in all of these situations is crucial in the treatment of the man who has been abused, as is the familial context of the abuse. Sexual orientation and gender identity, abuse in a familial context, love and sexuality, and transference and countertransference are discussed. For the analyst treating men who were sexually abused, there may be feelings of being overwhelmed by the seductive energy in the analytic relationship and also wishes to reel back and deny the horror of the material being discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)