Year: 1998 Source: Death Studies, v.22, no.7, (October-November 1998), p.667-692 SIEC No: 19980951

In this article, the authors draw on material available in Plath’s journals & literary work to formulate a treatment plan for her, were she to be seen by a contemporary therapist skilled in voice therapy. They focus on Plath’s inwardness, her preference for fantasy gratification, her self-denial, her addictive attachment to her mother & husband, & her negative thoughts toward self & cynicism toward others. Suicide risk assessment procedures & a hypothetical therapy session are sketched out.