Whitewashing the Original Sin

This is the third installment focused on Bob's and Joyce's book The Ethics of Interpersonal Relationships, in particular chapter one titled The Friendship Circle. (Here are installments one and two.)

From the book:

In the early 1970s I was one of a number of mental health professionals who, with our spouses and friends, were involved in seminars and discussion groups in which we talked about our most intimate problems in life, expressed our deepest feelings and, in the process, formulated a new lifestyle based on the impact this experience had on our understanding of psychology. 

Yes, there were several shrinks and friends and family members. But what Bob fails to reveal is this group mostly consisted of his patients. And that in those early days, before the commune was formed, Bob was already abusing his patients sexually. This included Joyce and Susan, both of whom became long standing members of Bob's inner circle. And it soon included Tam, who came to Bob for therapy with her husband for couple counseling. (Bob eventually divorced his wife and married Tam.)

Jane was a member of this group in those early days. She's the interior designer who founded Design One. That endeavor ended poorly for her a few years later.