title: The Wounded Healer: From the Other Side of the Couch.
abstract: While concern for the "wounds" of the patient are paramount in clinical practice, there is both historical and contemporary literature on wounding in the professional. In what follows, these perspectives are presented. Issues related to transference/counter-transference, the "wounded healer," vicarious traumatization, nocebo potential in informed consent, and the use of treatment as crucible for one's own development as clinician are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Independent Practice, Calgary , Alberta , Canada.
authors.forename: Jon K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Amundson
authors.affiliation: a Independent Practice, Calgary , Alberta , Canada.
authors.forename: Marc W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D003379:Countertransference; D006801:Humans; D007602:Jungian Theory; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations
keywords: consent; counter-transference; transformative effect; vicarious traumatization