Buried treasure: money, ethics, and countertransference in group therapy.

Full Abstract

Exploring money in the context of group therapy highlights the powerful way that groups can magnify the most intimate and charged aspects of our patients as well as ourselves.A thorough self-examination that includes an ethical framework for decision-making about money matters can safeguard against problems resulting from therapists' and patients' unconscious relationship to money. This paper addresses the setting and raising of fees, pre-group evaluations, third-party payers, handling of payments and statements, as well as combined treatment. Special attention is paid to countertransference with an exploration of the particular difficulties inherent in reconciling one's identity as a healer with the business of clinical practice.

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Author information

Author/s: Shapiro, Elizabeth L (EL); Ginzberg, Rachel (R);

Affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, USA. shapiropowers(-atsign-)rcn.com

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: International journal of group psychotherapy (Int J Group Psychother), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Oct; vol 56 (issue 4) : pp 477-94

Dates: Created 2006/10/16; Completed 2006/12/11;

PMID: 17040184, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Fees and Charges
Humans
Psychotherapy, Group - ethics; methods

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