title: Psychotherapy with a blind patient.
abstract: A review of previous studies of the psychological reactions to blindness is presented from the early anecdotal material to more recent systematic research. The psychodynamics of a case study of a patient with acquired blindness secondary to accidental shooting by her son are discussed. Finally, some suggestions for the patient-therapist interactions are offered.
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*