 In 1937 Reich began an affair with a female patient , an actress who had been married to a colleague of his . According to Sigurd Hoel , the analysis would stop because of the relationship , then the relationship would end and the analysis would start up again . The patient eventually threatened to go to the press , but was persuaded that it would harm her as much as it would Reich . Around the same time , Reich also had an affair with Gerd <unk> , a 25 @-@ year @-@ old Norwegian textile designer . 
