Title: Creating the capacity for attachment : treating addictions and the alienated self /
Authors: Walant, Karen.
Publisher: J. Aronson,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Intimacy (Psychology); Personality disorders Treatment; Substance abuse Treatment; Empathy; Alienation (Social psychology); Child rearing; Object Attachment; Psychotherapy; Substance-Related Disorders therapy
Abstract: Systematically examines psychodynamic paradigms for understanding development and applies this analysis to the needs and problems of substance-dependent individuals.
Contents: 1. The Indissoluble Bond -- 2. Symbiosis Revisited -- 3. The Oneness/Separateness Paradox -- 4. The Immersive Moment -- 5. Unlocking a Deaf Heart -- 6. Alcoholics Anonymous and Transcendence -- 7. The Power of Immersion -- 8. Point-Counterpoint and Other Treatment Issues -- 9. Working in the Immersive Transference -- 10. Gaslighting.