Illusion and Disillusionment: Core Issues in Psychotherapy

Mourning the loss of core illusions and coping with the impact of disillusionment are critical issues in psychotherapy. In this informative and readable book, Teitelbaum explores this therapeutic issue in depth from a developmental, theoretical, and clinical perspective and emphasizes its particular importance in the treatment of depressed and narcissistic patients.

Disc. dismantling illusions & mourning their loss; develop- mental, theoretical & clinical perspectives; case studies.

Dr. Stanley H. Teitelbaum is a practicing clinical psychologist. He is a faculty and senior supervisor at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health and the Training Institute for Mental Health, both in New York, and the Contemporary Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies in New Jersey. Stanley is the author of Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols: How Star Athletes Pursue Self-Destructive Paths and Jeopardize Their Careers.