Alexithymia and Psychotherapy
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Vol. 33 (1) , 17-31
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.17
Abstract
Alexithymia represents a disturbance in affective and cognitive function which overlaps diagnostic categories. Emotions are not differentiated, and are poorly verbalized. Imagination related to drive fulfillment is limited. These and other problems seriously interfere with the patients’ capacity to benefit from dynamic, uncovering or “anxiety-producing” psychotherapy. In order to consider possible remediation of the problem, we must explore the nature and causes of this disturbance.Keywords
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