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Psychotherapeutic Implications of Severe Physical Disability

Some effects of physical disability on psychological functioning are reviewed. Special roles are proposed for fantasy and therapist countertransference in psychotherapy with physically disabled people. This report of the treatment of a man with severe cerebral palsy has implications for the physical and psychological management of the disabled.

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