Disorganized attachment and sensorymotor techniques

Journal title PSICOBIETTIVO
Author/s Lucia Tombolini, Cecilia La Rosa
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2013/3 Language Italian
Pages 15 P. 149-163 File size 135 KB
DOI 10.3280/PSOB2013-003010
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Treating trauma and related symptoms need to be focused on the therapeutic relationship and on how to cope with the trauma memories. About the therapeutic relationship the emotions and their regulation will have a very important role. To cope with trauma memories therapist has to be expert and use it in a late step of the therapy after a good relationship has set up and looking to patient metacognition ability. The authors explain the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy procedure and try to describe a possible integration in Cognitive Evolutionistic Psychotherapy.

Keywords: Thrauma; Disorganized Attachment; Sensorimotor Psychotherapy; Defense System; Therapeutic Relationship.

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Lucia Tombolini, Cecilia La Rosa, Attaccamento disorganizzato e tecniche sensomotorie in "PSICOBIETTIVO" 3/2013, pp 149-163, DOI: 10.3280/PSOB2013-003010