The last taboo : money as symbol and reality in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis

Part 1 - Theoretical and symbolic meanings of money. 1 Money, success, and success phobia - David W. Krueger. 2 Classical psychoanalytic views of money - Paula B. Fuqua. 3 A self-psychological view of money - David W. Krueger. 4 The fee as focus of transference and countertransference in treatment - Rosalea A. Schonbar. 5 Fee practices of male and female therapists - Mary A. Burnside. 6 Complexities in the psychology and psychotherapy of the phenomenally wealthy - Peter A. Olsson. 7 A psychoanalytic view of personal bankruptcy - Lawrence M. Ginsburg and Sybil A. Ginsburg. Part 2 - Money in the therapist-patient relationship. 8 Fee policy as an extension of the therapist's style and orientation - Alan B. Tulipan. 9 The effect of fees on the course and outcome of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis - James Raney. 10 Money issues that complicate treatment - G.A. Williston DiBella. 11 The effect of third-party payment on the practice of psychotherapy - Paul Chodoff. 12 On negotiating fees with psychotherapy and psychoanalytic patients - Daniel H. Jacobs. 13 The influence of fee assessment on premature therapy termination - John F. McRae. 14 Psychotherapy fees and therapist training - Stefan A. Pasternack. 15 Transference, countertransference, and other therapeutic issues in a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) - Sidney S. Goldensohn. Part 3 - Payment structures and management issues. 16 The meanings and effects of insurance in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis - Eugene Halpert. 17 Fees in beginning private practice - Thomas G. Gutheil. 18 The clinical management of the nonpaying patient - Arthur E. Reider. 19 The extension of credit to patients in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy - Charles K. Hofling and Milton Rosenbaum. 20 Purchasing a practice: a personal account - Ann E. Carlisle. 21 Money: the medium and the message - Daniel V. Voiss. 22 Cost effectiveness of psychotherapy - Seth W. Silverman. 23 Preferred Provider Organizations and psychiatric treatment - Howard Gurevitz. 24 Long-term psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in a changing health care economy - John J. McGrath

'...presents a number of outstanding theoreticians, clinicians, researchers, and administrators who address a topic that is of great significance to all individuals who provide services in the field of mental illness. The scope of this volume, beginning with the theoretical and symbolic meanings of money and moving to the importance of money in the therapist-patient relationship, and finally to the payment structures and management issues as they relate to central government and insurance providers, will provide professionals with much to profitably read and think about.'

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