Dealing with the Therapist's Vulnerability to Depression
Author | : Sheldon Heath |
Publisher | : Jason Aronson |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1991 |
ISBN-10 | : 0876686129 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780876686126 |
Rating | : 4/5 (126 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Dealing with the Therapist's Vulnerability to Depression by : Sheldon Heath
Download or read book Dealing with the Therapist's Vulnerability to Depression written by Sheldon Heath and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1991 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The working life of every therapist can be negatively affected in varying degrees by a patient's reactive or endogenous depression or by symptoms such as futility, shame or guilt. In this book, Sheldon Heath describes how depressed patients can put their depression into others through projective identification. Therapists can introject these depressed feelings or psychic parts and, in turn, become depressed.