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Creating the Capacity for Attachment: Treating Addictions and the Alienated Self

By Karen B. Walant

Book information

Publisher
Inc., Jason Aronson
Year
1999
ISBN
0765702401, 9780765702401
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (18306299 bytes)
Edition
2nd Printing
Pages
320\342
Topic
Psychology
Time added
2016-06-24 22:38:50
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Description

Detached, alienated people, many of them functioning with a pathologically developed false self, barely navigate life's challenges. Our cultural emphasis on autonomy and separateness has led to a retreat from valuing interpersonal, communal dependence and has greatly contributed to a rise in the number of people whose suffering is often expressed in addictions and personality disorders. Using actual patient material including diaries and letters, Karen Walant's Creating the Capacity for Attachment shows how "immersive moments" in therapy―moments of complete understanding between patient and therapist―are powerful enough to dislodge the alienated, detached self from its hiding place and enable the individual to begin incorporating his or her inner core into his or her external, social self.

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