Dying patient in psychotherapy: desires. Dreams. Independence. Shaveren J.

The book on an isolated case considers the situation often in psychotherapy - when in the process of prolonged analysis the patient is revealed a life -threatening disease. The author reveals the goals and methods of psychotherapy corresponding to this situation, talks about certain difficulties - erotic transfer from the patient, countertranscine from the analyst and the need to maintain therapeutic boundaries - and shows that the process of individual lasts until the end of his life. The book can serve as a textbook on psychological work with a dying patient and will be interesting not only to specialists - psychotherapists, analysts, art therapists, but also to those who work in the field of palliative medicine.