AIDS is the disease, Blechner tells us, that "has forced us to rethink our relation to sickness and health, mortality, sexuality, drug use, and what we consider valuable in life." In the chapters that follow, experienced clinicians shatter myths abo

Blechner, Introduction. Part I: Principles of Treatment.Blechner, Psychodynamic Approaches to AIDS and HIV. Schaffner, Modifying Psychotherapeutic Methods When Treating the HIV-Positive Patient. Aronson, Treatment of Children and Parents in Families with AIDS. Bodnar, "Gidget Goes to Sing-Sing": An Interpersonal Therapeutic Approach to HIV-Positive Substance Abusers. Part II: Case Studies.Shapiro, There But for the Grace of . . . : Countertransference During the Psychotherapy of a Young HIV-Positive Woman. Marisak, Psychotherapy of an AIDS Patient with Dementia. Petrucelli, "Playing with Fire": Transference-Countertransference Configurations in the Treatment of a Sexually Compulsive HIV-Positive Gay Man. Gartner, Managing Chronic Loss and Grief: Contrapuntal Needs of an AIDS Patient and His Therapist. Eisold, Disease, Death, and Group Process from a Psychodynamic Point of View. Mujica, When a Patient Becomes HIV-Positive During Psychotherapy. O'Leary, A Heterosexual Male Therapist's Journey of Self-Discovery: Wearing a "Straight"jacket in a Gay Men's Bereavement Group. Bodnar, Dances with Men: The Impact of Multiple Losses in My Practice of Psychoanalytically Informed Psychotherapy.