Seduction, Deception and Technology
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Association Of Jungian Analysts
Description
Susan Tyler is a Jungian Analyst and supervisor in private practice. She originally wrote this paper during lockdown when our lives migrated online in so many ways, and it shines a light on aspects of the online existence which has become a constant of our contemporary life. It describes Susan’s work with a male patient who had become addicted to internet pornography. The patient was able to address his problem with pornography and significantly address his addiction but remained cut off emotionally.
Susan became interested in the addictive processes he employed to mask his fear of connection. She learnt to view the content of the sexual scenes he was compelled to search for as if she were thinking of a dream. This became a portal to discovering what, for him, was so terrifying about the other.
The paper looks at how we might begin to humanise these alienated parts that the addictive use of pornography brings to life.
