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Psychoanalysts resist working with sexual issues in multiple ways. A strategy for modifying one's counterresistance is described, including collecting information about sexuality and gender identity, focusing on the patient's stated aims and wishes, and examining one's biases based on life experiences. Some notable examples of counterresistance in psychoanalytic history are described.