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  • Psychology
  • Psychotherapy
  • Attachment Theory

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  • The "wounded self" concept provides a framework for understanding self-wounds and their developmental origins.
  • Hypnotherapy has been integrated to address unconscious protective mechanisms and maladaptive cognitive strategies associated with the wounded self.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose the utilization of attachment-focused psychotherapy in working with the wounded self.
  • To explore how attachment theory offers conceptual and treatment insights for the wounded self.

Main Methods:

  • Integration of E. B. Spiegel's attunement, representation, and mentalization approach to attachment-focused psychotherapy.
  • Utilizing hypnosis across attachment processes for structural maturation and developmental repair.
  • Application of these principles to borderline and narcissistic personality organization spectrums.

Main Results:

  • The attunement, representation, and mentalization attachment approach is explicated for treating self-wounds.
  • Conceptualization and treatment interventions are applied in a case example.

Conclusions:

  • Attachment-focused psychotherapy, particularly the attunement, representation, and mentalization approach, offers a viable framework for treating the wounded self.
  • This approach facilitates developmental repair and structural maturation in individuals with complex relational trauma histories.