title: Countertransference issues in group psychotherapy with HIV-positive and AIDS patients.
abstract: Mental health professionals are increasingly aware of the special difficulties encountered by therapists working with HIV-positive and AIDS patients. In this report, countertransference issues experienced by therapists leading a psychotherapy group for heterosexual, drug-using HIV-positive and AIDS patients in an inner city hospital are explored. Countertransference is discussed under the headings of helplessness, death anxiety, and anger.
authors.affiliation: Department of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Montefiore Medical Center.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003379:Countertransference; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology