| Abstract: | Examines the specific tasks and goals of psychotherapy in treating survivors of massive psychic trauma, emphasizing the re-emergence of the internal representation of the relationship between self and other. Establishment of an empathic dyad between patient and therapist and reconstruction of external memory must occur before the therapist can successfully assume a more traditional interpretive role. Clinical examples illustrate the implications of therapeutic work with survivors and with children of survivors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
