Countertransference and the obese patient.
Psychotherapy with obese patients requires management of the therapist's feelings about obesity. These feelings are multiply determined. Fostering an awareness of one's attitudes towards obesity, reviewing countertransference as a source of information about the patient, and using countertransference to formulate interventions may improve the therapeutic outcome with the obese patient.
Drell
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Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001828:Body Image; D003379:Countertransference; D006801:Humans; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy