Secrets in Psychotherapy

This book brings together contemporary perspectives from psychodynamic treatment, advances in cognitive science, medicine, and neuroscience in a user-friendly format to guide the beginning to more advanced practitioner in working with secrets that emerge during psychotherapy.

Kathryn Zerbe, MD, FABP, is a Training and Supervising Analyst, Oregon Psychoanalytic Center, and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Oregon Health and Sciences University. She practices in Portland, OR.

Introduction 1. The Power of Secrets 2. The Burden of Secrecy 3. The Afterlife of a Double Life 4. Discovering, Phantoms and Ghosts 5. Somatic Countertransference 6. The Complicated Ethics of Concealment 7. Hidden Talents and Abilities Epilogue