title: Therapeutic insight: from family to practice.
abstract: 1. Because of the positive and negative therapeutic insights gained by mental health professionals who have family members suffering from mental illness, an ongoing evaluation of one's practice must be balanced with careful introspection. 2. Therapeutic insights that may be gained from family experiences include letting go of the shame; remembering the particular strengths in the psychiatric nursing role; knowing when you have regressed; learning when to get support; and learning to appreciate your talents as a mental health professional. 3. Mental health professionals who have family experiences with mental illness may bring a bias or suffer from countertransference; however, these individuals bring to work a unique perspective that is born from shared suffering and shared hope.
authors.affiliation: Alderson-Broaddus College, Philippi, West Virginia 26416, USA.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Scheick
mesh_terms: D003379:Countertransference; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D011287:Prejudice; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D012648:Self Care; D012752:Shame; D012944:Social Support