Somatic eloquence: Therapeutic utilization of countertransference to, and symptoms of, somatization.
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Title
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Somatic eloquence: Therapeutic utilization of countertransference to, and symptoms of, somatization.
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Identifier
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AAI9808029
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identifier
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9808029
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Creator
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Zlatchin, Martha L.
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Contributor
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Adviser: William L. King
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Date
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1997
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical
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Abstract
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This study suggests that while the field awaits further developments in the theory and technique of psychosomatics, clinicians may utilize patients' symptoms and their own countertransference to decrease the current likelihood of therapeutic failure. This study examines somatization, and its accompanying affective disarticulateness in some detail and explores the expectable countertransference issues to each. The scope of countertransference is broadened to include not only expectable practitioners' countertransference but two less recognized forms of countertransference, as well: practitioners' somatic phenomena and clinical language. Additionally, this study proposes a construct of "somatic language" which, it is hoped, will facilitate analysis of patients' somatic symptoms. Finally, this study proposes the full experience of, and detailed analyses of, the broadened scope of countertransference to both patient conditions--somatization and emotional wordlessness--as a viable method of locating and accessing somatizing patients' elusive, unconscious, and primarily unsymbolized psychic material.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
