PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY AND THE TRAGIC SENSE OF LIFE AND DEATH

Authors
HULSEY TL FROST CJ
Citation
Tl. Hulsey et Cj. Frost, PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY AND THE TRAGIC SENSE OF LIFE AND DEATH, Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 59(2), 1995, pp. 145-159
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic → ACNP
ISSN journal
00259284
Volume
59
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
145 - 159
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-9284(1995)59:2<145:PPATTS>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The authors discuss the role of psychotherapy with dying patients and explore the psychological impact of imminent death. The psychotherapy case they present highlights the symbolic meaning of fatal symptoms an d the light this meaning sheds on the relationship between how we live and how we die. These features are addressed in the context of larger unresolved clinical issues: Is there a ''healthy'' way to die? And is there a unique role for psychoanalytic psychotherapy with dying patie nts?