Die eigene Krankheit des Psychotherapeuten

For a psychotherapist or doctor, their own illness means a dreaded role change from helper to person in need of help. Starting with the choice of profession, dealing with self-care and one’s own illness, a denial of one’s own vulnerability can be observed, which takes different forms depending on the type and severity of the illness and the extent of the denial; however, the failure to perceive one’s own neediness and excessive demands often represent the starting point for boundary-violating behavior towards patients and training and further education participants in self-awareness, the consequences of which are also lost sight of.