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Paul Chernin, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1976;33(11):1327-1328.

Abstract
• This article describes one psychotherapist's discovery through his own acute illness, of his use of omnipotence as an unconscious defense mechanism while working with patients. It includes his patients' reactions to his "loss of omnipotence" and the insights he gained from the experience.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 19, 1975.

Dr Chernin died Dec 7, 1974.

Read before the 21st annual meeting of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, San Francisco, Oct 26, 1974.

Reprint requests to the Children's Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105 (Michael B. Rothenberg, MD).

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