Creating the capacity for attachment : treating addictions and the alienated self

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

'Our cultural emphasis on autonomy and separateness has led to a retreat from valuing interpersonal, communal dependence and has greatly contributed to a rise in the number of people whose suffering is often expressed in addictions and personality disorders...[This book] shows how "immersive moments" in therapy--moments of complete understanding between patient and therapist--are powerful enough to dislodge the alienated, detached self from its hiding place and enable the individual to begin incorporationg the inner core into the external, social self.'

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