Re: My personal take on this...

I don't need therapy to get by, but if I ever want it, I can get it and feel fine just not informing my therapist about that one detail of my life in order to avoid whatever consequences may arise.

i suppose thats ok if you don't have any problems stemming directly from yr paedophilia, but that doesn't seem to be the usual situation. it strikes me a lot of paedophiles have one significant problem, which is that expressing their sexuality conflicts with social boundaries.

whatever a shrink herself might think about sex with children, i know that there are some, perhaps many who are able to accept a persons paedophiliac sexuality without moralizing or pathologizing, and who are ready to empower that person and allow them to feel less ashamed and more complete in their sexuality, within the constraints of society as they exist at the moment.

depending on who is being called a 'shrink', i think its stupid to put all shrinks in a single category. some psychologists and psychotherapists are extremely empathetic and supportive, are genuinely interested in the problems paedophiles face and don't deserve to be lumped in with the disinterested functionaries at whom LGsinmyheart's comments would be better directed.

having said all that, i realise that in some countries (amerika?) the profession has allowed the state to dictate it's terms, and that it literally isn't possible to safely talk to a therapist about paedophilic feelings. this is clearly insane. it is an an abuse of human rights and demands political attention.

but i think its a separate issue to the personal and professional qualities of therapists themselves...