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- Title
Use of the adult attachment projective picture system in psychodynamic psychotherapy with a severely traumatized patient.
- Authors
George, Carol; Buchheim, Anna; Ardito, Rita B.; Salcuni, Silvia
- Abstract
The following case study is presented to facilitate an understanding of how the attachment information evident from Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (AAP) assessment can be integrated into a psychodynamic perspective in making therapeutic recommendations that integrate an attachment perspective. The Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (AAP) is a valid representational measure of internal representations of attachment based on the analysis of a set of free response picture stimuli designed to systematically activate the attachment system (George and West, 2012). The AAP provides a fruitful diagnostic tool for psychodynamic-oriented clinicians to identify attachment-based deficits and resources for an individual patient in therapy. This paper considers the use of the AAP with a traumatized patient in an inpatient setting and uses a case study to illustrate the components of the AAP that are particularly relevant to a psychodynamic conceptualization. The paper discusses also attachment-based recommendations for intervention.
- Subjects
ATTACHMENT theory (Psychology); ATTACHMENT behavior; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PICTURES; STIMULUS &; response (Biology)
- Publication
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014, Vol 5, p1
- ISSN
1664-1078
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00865