Wounded Healer: Psychotherapist Grief Over a Client's Death

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 236-243

  O'Brien, John M ^a  

^a Mental Health Associates of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Countertransference; Ethics; Grief; Psychotherapist; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959314180     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023788     Document Type: Article

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