Building a secure internal attachment: An intra-relational approach to ego strengthening and emotional processing with chronically traumatized clients

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-52

  Lamagna, Jerry ^a   Gleiser, Kari A ^b  

^a Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Institute   (United States)

^b Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Ego state therapy; Experiential; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EGO STRENGTH; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; IMAGERY; OBJECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; EGO; EMOTION; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

EGO; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34249671817     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v08n01_03     Document Type: Article

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