Harmful Psychotherapy Experience

Henry Grunebaum, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 40, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.2.165

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This paper reports on an interview study of 47patients, all mental health professionals, who believed they had been harmed by psychotherapy or analysis. The harmful therapies were therapies characterized as distant, cold, unengaged, and lacking in “human quality,” or therapies characterized by intense emotional and/or sexual involvement.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 40 • Number 2 • 1986, pp. 161–320

Pages: 165 - 176

PubMed: 3014911

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Published in print: 1986, pp. 161–320

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Henry Grunebaum, M.D.^*

Cambridge, MA.

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Director, Family Psychotherapy Training, The Cambridge Hospital; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Mailing address: 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139.

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