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The use of imagery in phase 1 treatment of clients with complex dissociative disorders

The “standard of care” for clients with complex dissociative disorders and other complex trauma-related disorders is phase-oriented treatment. Within this frame, therapeutic progress can be enhanced by the use of imagery-based therapeutic techniques. In this article, the emphasis is on their applica...

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Autor principal: van der Hart, Onno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3402145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22893843
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.8458
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description The “standard of care” for clients with complex dissociative disorders and other complex trauma-related disorders is phase-oriented treatment. Within this frame, therapeutic progress can be enhanced by the use of imagery-based therapeutic techniques. In this article, the emphasis is on their application in phase 1 treatment, stabilization, symptom reduction, and skills training, but attention is also paid to applications in phase 2 and phase 3 treatment. Many of the existing imagery techniques are geared toward clients becoming more able to function in a more adaptive way in daily life, which, however, requires the involvement of various dissociative parts of the personality. Such collaborative involvement is also essential in the later treatment phases. Therefore, understanding the dissociative nature of these disorders is helpful in the judicious application of these techniques.
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spelling pubmed-34021452012-08-14 The use of imagery in phase 1 treatment of clients with complex dissociative disorders van der Hart, Onno Eur J Psychotraumatol Clinical Practice The “standard of care” for clients with complex dissociative disorders and other complex trauma-related disorders is phase-oriented treatment. Within this frame, therapeutic progress can be enhanced by the use of imagery-based therapeutic techniques. In this article, the emphasis is on their application in phase 1 treatment, stabilization, symptom reduction, and skills training, but attention is also paid to applications in phase 2 and phase 3 treatment. Many of the existing imagery techniques are geared toward clients becoming more able to function in a more adaptive way in daily life, which, however, requires the involvement of various dissociative parts of the personality. Such collaborative involvement is also essential in the later treatment phases. Therefore, understanding the dissociative nature of these disorders is helpful in the judicious application of these techniques. Co-Action Publishing 2012-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3402145/ /pubmed/22893843 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.8458 Text en © 2012 Onno van der Hart http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title The use of imagery in phase 1 treatment of clients with complex dissociative disorders
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title_short The use of imagery in phase 1 treatment of clients with complex dissociative disorders
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3402145/
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