Book TitleDealing with the Therapist's Vulnerablility to Depression
Number of Pages388 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1991
TopicMedical Law & Legislation, Psychopathology / Depression
GenreLaw, Psychology
AuthorSheldon Heath
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight16.4 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN90-015591
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal616.85/27/0088616
SynopsisThe 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.