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The Therapist in Mourning: From the Faraway Nearby
Anne J (Edi Adelman
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Description for The Therapist in Mourning: From the Faraway Nearby
Paperback. Editor(s): Malawista, Kerry L.; Adelman, Anne J. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: MMJ; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
The unexpected loss of a client can be a lonely and isolating experience for therapists. While family and friends can ritually mourn the deceased, the nature of the therapeutic relationship prohibits therapists from engaging in such activities. Practitioners can only share memories of a client in circumscribed ways, while respecting the patient's confidentiality. Therefore, they may find it difficult to discuss the things that made the therapeutic relationship meaningful. Similarly, when a therapist loses someone in their private lives, they are expected to isolate themselves from grief, since allowing one's personal life to enter the working relationship can interfere with ... Read more
The unexpected loss of a client can be a lonely and isolating experience for therapists. While family and friends can ritually mourn the deceased, the nature of the therapeutic relationship prohibits therapists from engaging in such activities. Practitioners can only share memories of a client in circumscribed ways, while respecting the patient's confidentiality. Therefore, they may find it difficult to discuss the things that made the therapeutic relationship meaningful. Similarly, when a therapist loses someone in their private lives, they are expected to isolate themselves from grief, since allowing one's personal life to enter the working relationship can interfere with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
453g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231156998
SKU
V9780231156998
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About Anne J (Edi Adelman
Anne J. Adelman is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst with the Contemporary Freudian Society. She is a faculty member of the New Directions Writing Program and maintains a private practice in Chevy Chase, Maryland. With Kerry L. Malawista and Catherine L. Anderson, she is the author of Wearing My Tutu to Analysis and Other Stories: Learning Psychodynamic Concepts from Life. ... Read more
Reviews for The Therapist in Mourning: From the Faraway Nearby
Therapists have long felt required to keep their own emotional wounds and pain hidden from their patients. As finite human beings we are all subject to the traumas of death and loss, and I applaud this volume for bringing our existential vulnerabilities into a professional dialogue. Our patients can only benefit from this open and gripping acknowledgment of our existential ... Read more