ABSTRACT

Robert Langs argues that death anxiety is neglected - in part, because of treatment failures due to countertransference interferences during treatment. He then discusses the technical issues connected with this, whilst introducing the controversial concept that mental activities are derived from immune system activities.

part One|113 pages

Death Issues: Basic Perspectives

chapter One|13 pages

A ubiquitous but elusive dread

chapter Two|14 pages

Death themes, manifest and latent

chapter Three|12 pages

Death anxiety and psychotherapy

chapter Four|22 pages

Death issues in the clinical situation

chapter Five|15 pages

Observing and formulating

chapter Six|10 pages

The emotion-processing mind

chapter Seven|25 pages

Death and the two systems of the mind

part Two|95 pages

Death Issues and the Patient

chapter Eight|11 pages

Death anxiety and the psychotherapy patient

chapter Nine|20 pages

How patients deal with death-related triggers

chapter Ten|11 pages

Selection principles and mental defences

chapter Eleven|10 pages

Psychological defences

chapter Twelve|19 pages

Communicative defences

chapter Thirteen|22 pages

The patient, the frame, and issues of death

part Three|32 pages

Death issues and the therapist

chapter Fourteen|11 pages

Death anxiety and the psychotherapist

chapter Fifteen|11 pages

How therapists defend against death anxiety

chapter Sixteen|9 pages

Death anxiety and problems of technique