Citation

Atwood GE. Int. J. Psychoan. Self Psychol. 2011; 6(2): 269-274.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15551024.2011.552407

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A dialogue with the anonymous psychiatrist, Dr. E., is presented, dealing with the nature of the ethical values underlying psychoanalytic psychotherapy. A difficult clinical case is the focus of the discussion-that of a woman who was not to be deterred from committing suicide and whose deadly plans appeared to raise serious ethical questions for the clinician. © The International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology.

Language: en

Keywords

Suicide; Authenticity; Ethical values; Will to live