title: Use of alternate therapist during pregnancy leave.
abstract: Women therapists involved in the long-term treatment of severely disturbed patients can be faced with interruptions due to childbearing. In the following cases, use of an alternate therapist during pregnancy-related leaves of absence was helpful in bridging the therapeutic pause and allowed the patients to make significant gains.
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D009105:Dissociative Identity Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014167:Transference, Psychology