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Section 1. Clinical Applications

Confluence, Isolation, and Contact in Psychotherapy with Clients Who Dissociate

Pages 111-120
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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Clients who dissociate present a special challenge to themselves and to their therapists. Particular attention must be paid to the difficulties these clients experience with both intrapersonal and interpersonal contacting. Therapists can achieve significant success using knowledge and skills from a variety of sources. Multimodal attunement, careful inquiry, and involvement are the means by which therapists can approach the fear these clients feels about both confluence and isolation in the process of making contact.

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J. Atta Korol

J. Atta Korol, M.A. in Russian Language and Literature, M.S. in Art Therapy, is an Associate of The Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy, a Certified Transactional Analyst (clinical), and a professional art therapist. She is the author of a college text, Understanding Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Communication, and has presented at transactional analysis conferences on topics relating to work with dissociating clients and on interpolating expressive methods in therapy. She is in private practice in Falconer, New York, and has taught, demonstrated therapy, and consulted at the University of Latvia and the Academy of Medicine in Riga, Latvia.