Three interviews concern issues evoked by the true case of a female psychoanalyst who fell in love with her young male patient. The patient later committed suicide.

1.  Sandra Nye, J.D., M.S.W., discusses the legal repercussions of any personal involvement with patients and/or their families.

2.  Mark Smaller, Ph.D., BCD, discusses boundary issues and countertransference, and the use of consultation.

The third interview on this CD begins a series of seven interviews with experts on the diagnosis and treatment of dissociative and multiple personality disorders.

3.  James Bloch, Ph.D., author of a basic introductory text on Multiple Personality Disorders, provides an overview on the topic, beginning with the early work of Freud and Breuer. He tells us that the great majority of patients with M.P.D. were victims of childhood sexual abuse.

4.  Crayton Rowe, M.S.W., BCD, and author of Empathic Attunement and the Technique of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, continues the topic begun on Tape 1 with a discussion of regression in psychotherapy and the meaning of iatrogenic errors -- that is, errors in the therapist's empathy that cause the patient to regress.

5.  Sid Grossberg, Ph.D., BCD, discusses counter-transference issues as they relate to Third Party payments.

The next three interviews on this CD were prompted by a survey that the Secret Service sent to a number of social workers in the country which asked them what they would do if a patient threatened to kill the President.

6.  Ellen Leupker, M.S.W., reports on her interviews with psychiatrists at the Menninger Clinic and the Secret Service.

7.  Hillel Bodek, M.S.W., BCD, a forensic clinical social worker, gives his framework for assessing the violent patient and the potential for violence. A key criterion is violence in childhood.

8.  Mohammed Alam, M.D., discusses the use of medication with violent patients and points out that the most dangerous patient in the therapy setting is the manic patient.

9.  Colin Ross, M.D., author of Multiple Personality Disorders, discusses the diagnosis of Multiple Personality Disorder, and focuses particularly on the differential meaning of auditory hallucinations in psychotic patients versus patients with multiple personality disorders.

10.  David Phillips, D.S.W., BCD, discusses how to differentially evaluate the same clinical situation from a number of theoretical models. He believes that work with difficult patients calls for greater flexibility.

11.  Carvel Taylor, M.S.W., discusses how to write reports for managed care, using behavioral language and differential diagnostic thinking.

12.  Richard Loewenstein, M.D., Director of the Dissociative Disorders Program at Sheppard Pratt Hospital, discusses his approach to the treatment of individuals diagnosed with M.P.D. He uses many case examples.

13.  Monica Oss, Ph.D., editor of Open Minds, a managed care newsletter, discusses managed care protocols-- which are the decision trees used by managed care companies to pay or deny claims.

14.  Froma Walsh, M.S.W., Ph.D., author of Living Beyond Loss, discusses her work with families of dying patients -- how to work with denial and how to decide if and when to push people to talk.

15.  Dennis Shelby, Ph.D., BCD, author of If a Partner Has AIDS: A Guide to Clinical Intervention, discusses his research with patients whose life partners have died of AIDS, the complex mourning that ensues, and how to treat it.

16.  George Ganaway, M.D., Program Director of the Dissociative Disorders Program at the Ridgeview Center in Smyrna, Georgia. and consultant to the TV show "LA LAW," discusses false memory syndrome in M.P.D., and how to assess the memories that patients report.

17.  Robert Taylor, M.A., presents a quick way to think about assessing alcoholism.

18.  Carolyn Saari, Ph.D., author of The Creation of Meaning in Clinical Social Work, editor of the Clinical Social Work Journal, and director of the Loyola University School of Social Work's Doctoral Program discusses narrative theory and its particular relevance in treating addictions.

19.  Mary Rich, Ph.D., BCD, discusses the treatment of gamblers from a self- psychological point of view.

20.  Richard Schwartz, Ph.D., discusses his work with individuals diagnosed with M.P.D., using a systems method in which all the various "multiples" are viewed as part of the same system -- like a family.

21.  Arnold Levin, Ph.D., BCD, founder and President of the Institute for Clinical Social Work, in Chicago, discusses how providing psychotherapy changes over the course of the therapist's lifetime.

22.  Nancy Smith, M.S.W., and Steve Wolin, M.D., author of The Resilient Self, debate the validity of the syndrome of Codependency. Dr. Wolin sees the recovery movement as turning us into a nation of psychological cripples and prefers a focus on resilience in the patient, rather than on damage and pathology.

23.  Nancy Hornstein, M.D., discusses the diagnosis and treatment of children with M.P.D., and the use of hospitalization.

24.  Joe Palombo, M.S.W., BCD, founder and Dean of the Institute for Clinical Social Work, discusses the role of theory for the practicing psychotherapist, stating that some theories are incompatible and that one really cannot be eclectic.

25.  Gary Unruh, M.S.W., BCD, discusses the trend and demands for "Quality" in psychotherapeutic practice.

26.  Moshe Torem, M.D., presents his methods for ego-strengthening in individuals diagnosed with M.P.D. and describes how he handles the stress of listening to the painful stories and emotions that his patients describe.