A GENTLER GESTALT THERAPY: ON REDUCING STIMULATION IN ADULT SURVIVORS OF ABUSE

Adult survivors of abuse require a slower progression in treatment. Profoundly abused patients suffering from pre-oedipal conditions may become overstimulated using gestalt methods. This paper will focus on reducing stimulation in the patient using methods borrowed from modern psychoanalysis, which...

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Main Author: Andrew Lapides
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Integrative Psychotherapy Association 2012-04-01
Series:International Journal of Integrative Psychotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.integrative-journal.com/index.php/ijip/article/view/41/28