title: The Biblical Book of Job: advice to clinicians.
abstract: Study of the Book of Job clarifies the particular adaptation to trauma that underlies the suffering of certain difficult patients. In addition, the misdirected efforts of Job's comforters in the Bible story help us understand why, with such patients, an analyst's attempts to address unconscious guilt and defenses against it will prove counterproductive. A case example is presented.
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authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Renik
mesh_terms: D001633:Bible; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D009813:Oedipus Complex; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D014167:Transference, Psychology; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology