title: Problems in psychotherapy with women who leave their families.
abstract: This paper discusses difficulties in therapy with a woman who wished to leave her family. Problems were directly related to the act of separation and functioned as resistances to the exploration of intrapsychic conflicts. Therapist reactions are compared to responses in audiences of Henrik Ibsen's play "A Doll's House."
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004243:Divorce; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008393:Marriage; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*