A Yogi in Attachment-Informed Psychotherapy: A Spiritually Informed Case Conceptualization

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作者
Geoff Goodman [1 ]
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[1] Emory University,Candler School of Theology, Emory University School of Medicine
关键词
Attachment; Spirituality; Psychotherapy; Somatic symptom disorder; Childhood maltreatment;
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10.1007/s11089-024-01194-z
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The author discusses the psychotherapy of a 41-year-old Caucasian man who complained of a somatic symptom characterized as an “energy” that formulated the words, “I’m gay.” A practitioner of yogic philosophy, the patient came to believe that someone—perhaps a priest—had sexually abused him at age 8 or 9. The author assesses the patient’s attachment relationships to his parents and to his Higher Power and then discusses their similarities and differences. The author also discusses the attachment-informed interventions that have propelled the treatment forward, ending the article by posing spiritual and emotional questions that linger in the patient’s ongoing treatment.
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页数:15
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