Dreams of Deceased Children and Countertransference in the Group Psychotherapy of Bereaved Mothers: Clinical Illustration

Autor/inn/en	Begovac, Branka; Begovac, Ivan
Titel	Dreams of Deceased Children and Countertransference in the Group Psychotherapy of Bereaved Mothers: Clinical Illustration
Quelle	In: Death Studies, 36 (2012) 8, S.723-741 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-1187
DOI	10.1080/07481187.2011.584014
Schlagwörter	Helplessness; Mothers; Psychotherapy; Group Therapy; Anxiety; Death; Sleep; Counseling Techniques; Counseling Effectiveness; Emotional Response; Psychological Patterns; Children; Coping; Interpersonal Relationship; Foreign Countries; Croatia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hilflosigkeit; Mother; Mutter; Psychotherapie; Angst; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Schlaf; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Emotionales Verhalten; Child; Kind; Kinder; Bewältigung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ausland; Kroatien
Abstract	This article presents, in the form of a clinical illustration, a therapeutic group of bereaved mothers with special reference to their dreams about their deceased children. The article presents descriptions of the emotions of these mothers and countertransference feelings, a topic that, to our knowledge, has not been frequently studied. The group was small, analytically oriented, slow-open, comprised of women bereaved by the death of a child, and conducted by a female therapist. Over more than three years, the group included 20 members in total. This article describes a number of dreams recorded during a period when the group included seven members. Dreams helped the group members access their emotional pain, helplessness, yearning for a relationship with the deceased, guilt, and feelings of survival guilt. The transference-countertransference relationships were characterized by holding. Countertransference feelings of helplessness predominated. The therapist and the group as a whole contained various emotions, allowing the group members to return to the normal mourning processes from the parallel encouragement of group development and interpersonal relationships. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10