Staff Psychotherapist, Austen Riggs Center, Inc., Stockbridge, Mass.;Director of Research, Austen Riggs Center, Inc., Stockbridge, Mass.;Center for Psychiatric Services, Pittsburgh, Penna.
Abstract:
The treatment by individual and family therapy of a hospitalized young woman is presented as it reflects the historical and current family dynamics of the patient and her individual psychotherapist. The contribution of these factors to a therapeutic crisis is discussed.