Psychodynamics and Psychotherapy of Pseudoseizures

By Dalma Kalogjera-Sackellares and Dalma

This is a unique book based on fifteen years of intensive clinical practice with and investigations into the causes and treatment of pseudoseizures. It provides a classification scheme, which permits the clinician to reduce complex clinical material to a few well-defined and coherent pseudoseizure syndromes.

The major theme of the work is the influence of trauma in the genesis of pseudoseizures along with treatment implications. Dr Kalogjera-Sackellares offers a psychodynamic model for understanding pseudoseizure syndromes by utilizing and synthesizing concepts drawn from three different schools of psychodynamic theory and therapy: psychoanalytic theory, object relations theory and self psychology. Furthermore, practical guidance and techniques are offered for handling situations that might be encountered while conducting therapy as well as a valuable summary of the neurological features of pseudoseizure syndromes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904424279
• ISBN13: 9781904424277
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Crown House Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"