Abstract |
Much of the literature focuses on the pathology that falls to the far right of the Watkins (1997) differentiation-dissociation continuum, such as Dissociative Identity Disorder and Dissociative Disorder NOS. Adding a "far left" to this continuum, as well as a construct of what the "far left" looks like, makes apparent the value of healthy adaptive differentiation for those individuals that fall to the "far left" of the spectrum; those who don't differentiate enough. A discussion of sexual dysfunction at this end of the continuum and cases of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder and Vaginismus demonstrate the clinical effectiveness of an approach combining hypnosis and ego-state therapy to facilitate healthy adaptive differentiation.
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Authors | Wendy Lemke |
Journal | The American journal of clinical hypnosis
(Am J Clin Hypn)
Vol. 47
Issue 3
Pg. 179-89
(Jan 2005)
ISSN: 0002-9157 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15754864
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adaptation, Psychological
- Adult
- Ego
- Female
- Humans
- Hypnosis
- Middle Aged
- Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
(psychology, therapy)
- Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological
(psychology, therapy)
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