THE BEREAVED THERAPIST AND HER PATIENTS

Authors
Citation
M. Vamos, THE BEREAVED THERAPIST AND HER PATIENTS, American journal of psychotherapy, 47(2), 1993, pp. 296-305
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Psycology, Clinical",Psychiatry,Psychology
ISSN journal
00029564
Volume
47
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
296 - 305
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9564(1993)47:2<296:TBTAHP>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
When confronted with a significant bereavement, a psychotherapist must attend both to personal and patient needs. The issue of how much to d isclose to patients in supportive psychotherapy in a consultation liai son outpatient service is discussed in relation to the author's experi ence of profound personal loss.