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The meaning of suffering in therapy a round table discussion

The meaning of suffering in therapy a round table discussion THE MEANING OF SUFFERING IN THERAPY A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ALEXANDER REID MARTIN, Moderator E lVI~T here to discuss a subject of we can anticipate lively discussion and W paramount significance to the some worthwhile contributions. medical profession. The cause, removal, To prepare you for some of the pos- and relief of suffering constitute the sible angle shots, we will have to con- special province of the physician. Of sider the nature of the suffering. Is it all subjective symptoms, it is suffering suffering from fatigue, fear, guilt, pain, that brings most of our patients to us. rejection, or self-effacement, or is it It sets the stage and colors the initial the paradoxical suffering from success mood of the doctor-patient relation- and too much limelight? We must also ship. Our conceptions and understand- keep in mind the function or purpose ing of suffering, our attitudes and reac- of the suffering. Add to this the extent tions toward it, will determine our and level of the suffering. For those efficacy as therapists. oriented to a "self" psychology, is it the The everyday physician and surgeon real or neurotic self that is suffering? at first will not realize the profound Just http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
1961 The Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1007/BF01873443
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Abstract

THE MEANING OF SUFFERING IN THERAPY A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ALEXANDER REID MARTIN, Moderator E lVI~T here to discuss a subject of we can anticipate lively discussion and W paramount significance to the some worthwhile contributions. medical profession. The cause, removal, To prepare you for some of the pos- and relief of suffering constitute the sible angle shots, we will have to con- special province of the physician. Of sider the nature of the suffering. Is it all subjective symptoms, it is suffering suffering from fatigue, fear, guilt, pain, that brings most of our patients to us. rejection, or self-effacement, or is it It sets the stage and colors the initial the paradoxical suffering from success mood of the doctor-patient relation- and too much limelight? We must also ship. Our conceptions and understand- keep in mind the function or purpose ing of suffering, our attitudes and reac- of the suffering. Add to this the extent tions toward it, will determine our and level of the suffering. For those efficacy as therapists. oriented to a "self" psychology, is it the The everyday physician and surgeon real or neurotic self that is suffering? at first will not realize the profound Just

Journal

The American Journal of PsychoanalysisSpringer Journals

Published: Mar 1, 1961

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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