(Not a recommendation)
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-23300-0_9
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-23300-0_9
Chapter
Improving Patient Treatment with Attachment Theory
pp 127-144
An Integrative, Attachment-Based Approach to the Management and Treatment of Patients with Persistent Somatic Complaints
Abstract
- Patrick Luyten
- , Peter Fonagy
Many patients seen in clinical practice present with persistent fatigue and pain-related problems.
Although this patient group is very heterogeneous, many of them have difficulties establishing a working relationship with health professionals, which negatively influences their treatment and prognosis.
In this chapter, we present a broad, integrative attachment-based approach to the understanding, management, and treatment of these patients.
The focus is on three related features of patients presenting with persistent somatic complaints:
(a) attachment issues;
(b) impairments in (embodied) mentalizing, that is, the capacity to reflect on one’s own embodied self and others; and
(c) problems with epistemic trust – the capacity to trust others as a source of knowledge about the world.
We also outline the implications of this approach for our understanding, management, and treatment of these patients