Citation

Anderson GO. Women Ther. 2005; 28(1): 25-34.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1300/J015v28n01_03

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The death of a client by suicide was very emotionally destabilizing to this therapist. She worked hard to distance herself personally from the pain at first and at the same time she found herself overfocused on the "psychological autopsy." She had difficulty accepting new clients and wanted to withdraw from a meaningful appointment to a state advisory committee. Only when she was able to identify with the client's pain and realize how that pain touched her own history of loss was she able to grieve productively. She realized that gender was relevant in her identification with the victim and in sorting out each of their histories of loss. © 2005 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Gender; Suicide; Grief; Feminist; Therapist reaction