Management of Mourning of a Dead or Dying Parent

Monroe G. Gottsegen, Ph.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 31, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1977.31.1.36

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A method for working through the mourning of the parent in psychoanalytic therapy is described. The method permits focusing on the patient’s relationship to the imago as it manifests itself during the mourning. The internal shifting that results permits a reorganization of personality with far-reaching implications for adaptationa change.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 31 • Number 1 • 1977, pp. 1–180

Pages: 36 - 42

PubMed: 848609

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Published in print: 1977, pp. 1–180

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Monroe G. Gottsegen, Ph.D.^†

New York, N.Y.

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An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Eighty-Third Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, August 30,1975.

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Chief Psychologist, Catholic Charities Guidance Center, Archdiocese of Brooklyn and Queens, Brooklyn, N.Y. Mailing address: 15 West 11 Street, New York, N.Y. 10011

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Management of Mourning of a Dead or Dying Parent

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