Citation

Twemlow SW, Sacco FC, Fonagy P. Am. J. Psychother. 2008; 62(1): 1-33.

Affiliation

Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas, USA. stuart.twemlow@gmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18461841

Abstract

Violent, nonmentalizing individuals who act out aggression do not usually respond to verbal therapeutic approaches alone. We suggest the movement in physically oriented therapies, such as yoga and martial arts, combined with psychodynamic psychotherapy are critical in reaching these individuals. We also suggest embodiment as a direct link to the kinesthetic core of easily disturbed attachment experiences. This process embodying the mind requires a safe, containing context found in the therapist. Clinical vignettes show how this might be done in both individual and social contexts. These vignettes also show a way to think about such a combination of techniques and theories.

Language: en