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Paranoia and Sexual Orientation: A Hermeneutic Literature Review

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Dissertation(838.11 KB)

Date

2018

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Collens, Paula

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Thesis/Dissertation

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Master of Psychotherapy

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Auckland University of Technology

Abstract

The relationship between paranoia and sexual orientation has a long and controversial history in psychoanalytic thinking. It has shifted from a position of early linkage and pathologisation, a subsequent rejection of that link citing societal homophobia, followed by more recent attempts at possible conceptual synthesis. Through the process of a hermeneutic literature review, I explore the different ways this linkage has been thought about over time. I then present my understandings and new insights into how best to work with paranoid LGBTQ+ clients and explore the ethical challenges involved in theorising about and working with marginalised and vulnerable client groups.

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Paranoia, Sexual orientation, Homophobia, Hermeneutic literature review, Psychoanalysis, Homosexuality, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexuality

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https://hdl.handle.net/10292/11487

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