Joan of Arc meets Mary Poppins: maternal re-nurturing approaches with male patients in Ego-State Therapy

The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
Maggie Phillips

Abstract

Many patients with posttraumatic fragmentation demonstrate a positive response to the corrective possibilities provided through Ego-State Therapy. However, full resolution of presenting symptoms may not occur for individuals with significant childhood histories of parental abuse and neglect without opposite sex, as well as same sex, re-nurturing interventions. This presentation emphasizes the use of maternal re-nurturing methods with men who struggle with the effects of significant attachment deficits in early life. Case examples feature male patients with long-term difficulties in their adult relationships with women that had proved refractory to other therapy methods. Following Ego-State Therapy interventions with maternal symbolic figures, however, these problems improved dramatically. Therapeutic implications for cross-gender re-nurturing with patients who report different types of maternal attachment trauma are explored and discussed.

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Nov 26, 2015·The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis·Eric B Spiegel
Jul 3, 2019·The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis·Maggie Phillips

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