The Therapist as a Person

Barbara Gerson

Gerson, Introduction. Part I: Current Life Crises of Therapists.Chase, Death of a Psychoanalyst's Child. Mendelsohn, More Human than Otherwise: Working Through a Time of Preoccupation and Mourning. Morrison, Trauma and Disruption in the Life of the Analyst: Enforced Disclosure and Disequilibrium in "The Analytic Instrument." Gerson, An Analyst's Pregnancy Loss and Its Effects on Treatment: Disruption and Growth. Leibowitz, Reflections of a Childless Analyst. Civin, Lombardi, Chloe by the Afternoon: Relational Configurations, Identificatory Processes, and the Organization of Clinical Experiences in Unusual Circumstances. Basescu, The Ongoing, Mostly Happy "Crisis" of Parenthood and Its Effect on the Therapist's Clinical Work. Geller, Thank You for Jenny. Schlachet, When the Therapist Divorces. Elkind, The Impact of Negative Experiences as a Patient on My Work as a Therapist. Part II: Childhood Life Crises and Identity Concerns of Therapists.Stevens, The Effects of Sexual Trauma on the Self in Clinical Work. Warshaw, The Loss of My Father in Adolescence: Its Impact on My Work as a Therapist. Blechner, Psychoanalysis In and Out of the Closet. Rucker, Different Strokes, Different Folks: Meanings of Difference, Meaningful Differences. Burka, The Therapist's Body in Reality and Fantasy: A Perspective from an Overweight Therapist. Strauss, Working as an Elder Analyst. Mitchell, Afterword.