title: Crisis in psychotherapy: principles of emergency consultation and intervention.
abstract: A surprisingly large number of visits to a crisis intervention service are made by patients engaged in ongoing psychotherapy elsewhere. Data are presented from patients and their therapists that support the concept of a psychotherapy crisis as a major precipient of such visits. A typology for the therapy crisis is elaborated, and guidelines for the crisis worker's assessment and intervention are suggested.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy; D003379:Countertransference; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy; D014167:Transference, Psychology