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Personal Reflections

Philosophy and Psychotherapy Part 2: Ethics—The Question of the Good

Pages 269-274 | Published online: 18 Mar 2011
 

Abstract

A dialogue with the anonymous psychiatrist, Dr. E., is presented, dealing with the nature of the ethical values underlying psychoanalytic psychotherapy. A difficult clinical case is the focus of the discussion—that of a woman who was not to be deterred from committing suicide and whose deadly plans appeared to raise serious ethical questions for the clinician.

In questo lavoro è presentato un dialogo con l'anonimo psichiatra, Dr. E., un dialogo attraverso cui si affronta la natura dei valori etici impliciti alla psicoterapia psicoanalitica. Il focus della discussione è costituito da un caso clinico alquanto difficile, cioè quello di una donna che non si riuscì a dissuadere dal suicidarsi e i cui letali piani sollevarono importanti questioni etiche in ambito clinico.

Le dialogue présenté avec le psychiatre anonyme, Dr E., confronte la nature des valeurs éthiques qui sous-tendent la psychothérapie psychanalytique. Un cas clinique difficile y est discuté présentant une femme qui ne pouvait pas être détournée de son projet de suicide et dont les plans mortels semblaient soulever des questions éthiques sérieuses pour le clinicien.

Hier wird ein Dialog mit einem Psychiater, Dr. E. angeboten, in dem es um das Wesen der ethischen Werte geht, die der psychoanalytischen Psychotherapie zugrunde liegen. Im Fokus der Diskussion steht der schwierige klinische Fall einer Frau, die nicht davon abgehalten werden konnte, Selbstmord zu begehen und deren todbringende Absichten schwerwiegende ethische Fragen aufzuwerfen scheinen.

Se presenta el diálogo con el psiquiatra anónimo Dr. E., diálogo que versa sobre la naturaleza de los valores éticos que subyacen la psicoterapia psicoanalítica. El foco de la discusión es un caso clínico difícil: una mujer que no iba a ser disuadida de cometer suicidio y cuyos planes mortíferos generaban graves cuestiones éticas en el clínico.

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