Making Room for the Disavowed: Reclaiming the Self in Psychotherapy

by Paul L. Wachtel

In this uniquely integrative book, Paul L. Wachtel describes powerful clinical strategies to make room for aspects of the self that were sidetracked in the course of development. Wachtel explores how early attachment experiences can lead people to turn away from certain thoughts and feelings, building a sense of self and ways of interacting on only a limited range of adaptive resources. His approach draws on psychodynamic, humanistic, systemic,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1462553184
• ISBN13: 9781462553181
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 336 Pages