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October 16, 1972. THE CONCEPT OF EROTIZED TRANSFERENCE. Harold P. Blum, M.D.
The concept of erotized transference may be differentiated from the relatively universal erotic transference. Freud defined erotized transference in terms of a repetition of childhood drives and called it a resistance. After describing the characteristics of erotized transference, Dr. Blum noted that it is not limited to patients with impaired object relations or to any diagnostic category and that a poor prognosis is not invariably implied since the regression may be partial and reversible.
The genetic factors of erotized transference were explored. They include instinctual overstimulation and usually intense masturbatory conflicts. The parents show contradictory behavior by being 'proper' on the surface and at the same time overstimulating and seductive. The confused and traumatically overstimulated child is overwhelmed by masturbatory excitation which, together with parental denial, contributes to the altered sense of reality in the analytic