The therapist and the gambler

Journal title PSICOBIETTIVO
Author/s Simona De Simone
Publishing Year 2015 Issue 2015/2 Language Italian
Pages 4 P. 149-152 File size 83 KB
DOI 10.3280/PSOB2015-002009
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The clinical case is declined from the images that emerge in the encounter between patient and therapist. Among omnipotent representations, the patient as a "gambler" throws his "chips" to the therapist. It’s just the wider relational frame that makes it possible to trace connections in the traumatic history and suffering of the patient and his family.

Keywords: Trauma; Self-Regulation; Transgenerational Transmission.

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Simona De Simone, Il terapeuta ed il giocatore d’azzardo in "PSICOBIETTIVO" 2/2015, pp 149-152, DOI: 10.3280/PSOB2015-002009