Using cognitive therapies to treat unstable attachment patterns in adults with childhood histories of social rejection

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-134

  Carbone, Dominic J ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; CBT; EMDR; REBT; Social rejection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 77649322123     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926770903485991     Document Type: Review

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