Money: Purposes, Pathology, and Therapeutic Implications
This presentation delves into the multifaceted role of money in human life, exploring its healthy and unhealthy purposes, as well as psychopathological syndromes associated with it. The therapeutic implications of money in clinical practice are also discussed, covering aspects like setting fees, treating wealthy and indigent patients, and ethical considerations. Through insights from experts like Salman Akhtar and quotes from Freud and Wilde, a comprehensive view of money's impact on individuals and society is presented.
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MONEY: PURPOSES, PATHOLOGY, AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS Salman Akhtar Professor of Psychiatry Sidney Kimmel Medical College of the Thomas Jefferson University, Training and Supervising Analyst Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia
MONEY Money matters are treated by civilized people in the same way as sexual matters with the same inconsistency, prudishness, and hypocrisy Sigmund Freud It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating Oscar Wilde
MONEY HEALTHY PURPOSES Security Acquisition Experience
MONEY UNHEALTHY PURPOSES Narcissism & exhibitionism Competitiveness Revenge
MONEY PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL SYNDROMES Chronic miserliness Characterological overspending Inordinate generosity
MONEY PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL SYNDROMES ( cont) Monetary masochism Malignant bargain-hunting Pathological gambling
MONEY THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS Setting fees, billing, and third-party involvement Charging/not charging for missed sessions Treating indigent patients
MONEY THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS Treating wealthy patients Refusing to take money Working gratis
