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Published Online: 1988, pp. 335–510

Psychotherapy with Physicians’ Families: When Attributes in Medical Practice Become Liabilities in Family Life

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Personality attributes typically found in successful physicians can lead to difficulties in family life. This paper identifies physicians’ positive characteristics and demonstrates with case-history material how these characteristics can contribute to interactional problems with family members. Ways of engaging physicians in treatment and avoiding some of the common pitfalls in working with this group are discussed.

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Go to American Journal of Psychotherapy
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American Journal of Psychotherapy
Pages: 380 - 388
PubMed: 3177702

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Published in print: 1988, pp. 335–510
Published online: 30 April 2018

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Joanna Jones Ellis, Ph.D.*
Donald R. Inbody, M.D.

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Private Practice, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Private Practice, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mailing address: Suite 824, 6465 South Yale, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136.

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