The Culturally Sanctioned Manic Defense
The Culturally Sanctioned Manic Defense True psychological growth requires confronting rather than evading difficult emotions, relational disappointments, and the limitations of ourselves and others. The psychotherapeutic process often centers on building the...
Overcoming Infidelity: Rebuilding Trust and the Healing Stages of Couples Therapy
Overcoming Infidelity: Rebuilding Trust and the Healing Stages of Couples Therapy In the aftermath of infidelity, couples therapy provides a structured approach to recovery by supporting both partners through a series of stages that stabilizes the crisis, explores the...
Psychotherapy Changes Neurobiological Patterns of Relatedness: The “Still Face” Experiment and the Boston Change Process Study Group
Psychotherapy Changes Neurobiological Patterns of Relatedness: The “Still Face” Experiment and the Boston Change Process Study Group A group of clinicians and researchers, utilizing fundamental principles of bonding between the infant and caregiver, have identified...
The “Unthought Known”: Christopher Bollas’ Revolutionary Psychoanalytic Concept and Its Contribution to Psychotherapy
The “Unthought Known”: Christopher Bollas’ Revolutionary Psychoanalytic Concept and Its Contribution to Psychotherapy Bollas’ work emphasizes the non-verbal and implicit dimensions of the psyche, a focus that has prompted new techniques for accessing and interpreting...
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