Depression or Isolated Attachment? Part 1 of a 5-Part Case Study of the Psychotherapy of the Schizoid Process
Autores/as
Richard G. Erskine
PhD
Resumen
This case study explores depression as a presenting symptom that reflects an isolated attachment pattern, a core feature in the personality of psychotherapy clients who rely on a schizoid process as a form of emotional stabilization. The psychotherapist’s various forms of countertransference—responsive, reactive, and identifying—were an essential part of uncovering the client’s use of a relational withdrawal and in offering a reparative relationship
Biografía del autor/a
Richard G. Erskine, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Education Deusto Univerity, Spain.
Training Director, Institute for Integrarive Psychotherapy
