Affect Intolerance in Patient and Analyst

by Stanley J. Coen

Book Overview

The ability of psychotherapists to tolerate their own feelings in the clinical situation determines how their patients experience and tolerate their own intense--and often distressing--affect.
Dr. Stanley J. Coen draws on his own struggles with the most difficult and challenging patients in his practice, and finds that affect intolerance, in both patient and therapist, can be mitigated and understood when therapists broaden their emotional range,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765703645
• ISBN13: 9780765703644
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.1"