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This topical paper appears at a time of increasing awareness of professional misconduct, when analytic societies are needing need to formulate procedures to deal with the situation. The paper covers a range of aspects of the subject. Prompted by the publication of Wynne Godley's article in 2001, on the personal side it contains an account of Godley's analysis with Khan and of Khan's association with the British Psychoanalytical Society. On the theoretical side there is a discussion of the notion of boundary violations in analysis, of the transgenerational transmission of boundary violations in analysis, the difficulties experienced by institutions in dealing with professional misconduct, and finally some recommendations for procedures for preventing misconduct and for handling it when it does occur.
Anne-Marie Sandler writes from her experience of chairing the Ethics Committee of the British Psychoanalytical Society from 1998 to 2003, a period which covers the investigation into the conduct of Masud Khan following the publication of Godley's 2001 article (Godley 2001). Sandler's paper is followed by a ‘Commentary’ by Godley.
Sandler brings together findings from the growing body of research on professional misconduct in analysis. Gabbard in particular, who has written independently and in collaboration with others (notably Lester, Peltz), has made a substantial contribution to the subject on the basis of his work with over 150 people in the helping professions, many of them analysts, who have consulted him after serious boundary violations with patients. Moving away from the themes of the damage to patients, the pathology of analysts, and the impact of professional misconduct on the reputation of psychoanalysis, Sandler, using her experience of the Khan case, turns her attention to the responses of institutes in investigating and taking action in the event of alleged boundary violations by their members. A complaint against Khan of serious sexual misconduct was made i