Depression and Denial in Psychotherapy of Persons with Disabilities
Abstract
Psychotherapy with persons with disabilities may help in alleviating suffering related to loss and violations of personal, not simply bodily, integrity. Depression and denial are among potential responses to the enormity of losses. Factors such as bereavement, defensive ego functioning, sociocultural/historical context, attribution/subjective meaning, dynamic fluctuation, adaptiveness, and countertransferential expectation, are considered.
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