To touch or not to touch.
To touch or not to touch.
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DOI:
10.1037/h0085374
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发表时间:
1988
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影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Morris F. Goodman;A. Teicher
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作者:
Morris F. Goodman;A. Teicher
Argues that physical touch as part of psychodynamic psychotherapy is appropriate and useful under limited circumstances. However, the decision is to be based on a careful evaluation of the state of the patient. It is proposed that the distinction between regression and nondevelopment offers a meaningful rationale in the use of touching in psychotherapy. The therapist working with patients toward greater autonomy and characterological change may restrain the touching procedures with the regressed patient, whereas the therapist may consider the utility of touch with the patient suffering from arrested development. Three case illustrations are included in which the patient (s) initiated the contact.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)