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Lozano's family, which is suing the psychiatrist for malpractice and "wrongful death," offers some extraordinary evidence. Among the items they retrieved from his Boston apartment were children's books such as Goodnight, Moon, inscribed in Bean-Bayog's hand to "the baby"; tapes in which the therapist instructs Lozano to repeat 10 times, "I'm your Mom, and I love you, and you love me very, very much"; flash cards made by the psychiatrist, one of which refers to missing "the phenomenal sex"; photographs taken by Lozano that show Bean-Bayog snuggling a stuffed bear; and a series...
...greatest potential for such exploitation arises in the field of mental health, because of the intimate and emotional nature of psychotherapy. According to one study, 86% of therapists acknowledge sometimes feeling attracted to their patients. Another study showed that half of psychologists have seen at least one patient who has been sexually intimate with a prior therapist. (In about 90% of those cases, a male therapist was involved with a female patient...
...other hand, mental-health professionals are supposedly better trained than other doctors to deal with the sexual feelings that arise during treatment. A patient's emotions toward the therapist are in fact a major tool in therapy. In a process known as transference, patients shift to the counselor the myriad feelings -- love, lust, anger, hate, admiration, envy -- that they harbor for significant people in their lives, including parents, siblings, lovers. By discussing those feelings in the safe shelter of a therapist's office, clients can confront troubling issues from their past...
Maryanne Latimer is among the faithful. A middle-age massage therapist, she has been plagued by chronic fatigue syndrome and has therefore expanded her usual menu of vitamins and minerals. She shops at Mrs. Gooch's about once a week, in addition to other vitamin shops. "I take tons of vitamin C and E," she admits, plus calcium and a daily vitamin-mineral complex. Recently she added to her regimen three tablets a day of pantothenic acid (a lesser-known vitamin) "to help me wake up." Basically, says Latimer, "I'm looking for anything to make me feel better...
Bean-Bayog responds to the affidavit, charging that her "reputation is being raped by the calculated actions of people who have a financial interest in distorting the truth to their advantage. No male therapist has ever been the subject of such an assault...