PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH HIV-POSITIVE GAY MEN - A PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE

Authors
WEISS JJ
Citation
Jj. Weiss, PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH HIV-POSITIVE GAY MEN - A PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE, American journal of psychotherapy, 51(1), 1997, pp. 31-44
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Psycolanalysis","Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
American journal of psychotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029564
Volume
51
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
31 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9564(1997)51:1<31:PWHGM->2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
This paper examiner psychotherapy with HIV-positive gay men from a psy chodynamic perspective. The themes of loss, uncertainty, identity, and meaning are put forward as central in this therapeutic work. A range of interventions (from counseling to dynamically oriented psychotherap y) ave discussed in relation to characteristics of the HIV-positive ga y men who present for psychological treatment.