Psychotherapy with Suicidal Patients: The Empathic Method (IN: Suicide: Understanding and Responding: Harvard Medical School Perspectives, ed. by D Jacobs and H N Brown)

Discusses the importance of empathy in the treatment of suicidal persons. The empathic method, which integrates principles of dynamic & existential psychiatry & self psychology, is illustrated by a case history. The author emphasizes the importance of being where the person is at, acknowledging the potential for suicide in the patient. 28 refs. (LH)