This paper was originally written during lockdown when our lives migrated online in so many ways, and shines a light on aspects of the online existence which has become a constant of our contemporary life. It describes my work with a man who had become addicted to internet pornography. The paper is an attempt to think about how we might begin to humanise these alienated parts that the addictive use of pornography brings to life. This piece of work, undertaken at the same time as undergoing analytic training, profoundly influenced my way of working. I want to invite discussion about the concept of the wounded healer and how we relate to such fears of intimacy in cases such as the one described.

SUSAN TYLER, is a Jungian Analyst and supervisor in private practice in Brighton. She is also a co founder of London Analysis, Psychotherapy and Counselling (LAPC), a therapy clinic in central London. Interested in addiction, she is the author of the papers ‘Transcending the Alcoholic Shadow’ (BJP, 2022) and ‘Seduction, Deception and Technology’ (JAP, 2023).

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