Dissociation and Attachment: how to build associative bridges through hypnosis

Journal title IPNOSI
Author/s Alessandra Grillo
Publishing Year 2018 Issue 2018/2
Language Italian Pages 16 P. 5-20 File size 207 KB
DOI 10.3280/IPN2018-002001
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If a trauma occurs during childhood, child’s integrative ability can be shattered and a dissociative phenomenon can be developed. When traumatic pathogenic noxae are repeated, children may develop a disturbed attachment, mostly disor-ganized. Repeated dissociative phenomenon could be structured in adulthood as dissociative disorder, when additional concurrent risk factors are present. Hypno-sis, can achieve various types and levels of "integration", through the use of Inte-grative Metaphors, as listed and explained by the author. In this article are shown two clinical cases as an example of therapeutic use of the integrative metaphor, in case of dissociation or attachment disorders.

Keywords: Attachment, dissociation, hypnosis, integrative metaphors, integration

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Alessandra Grillo, Dissociazione e Attaccamento: costruire ponti associativi tramite l’ipnoterapia in "IPNOSI" 2/2018, pp 5-20, DOI: 10.3280/IPN2018-002001