Shame and Attachment Loss

The Practical Work of Reparative Therapy

By Joseph J. Nicolosi
Foreword by H. Newton Malony and Robert Perloff

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 474 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: April 2009

ISBN-10: 0-8308-2899-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2899-9
IVP Order Code: 2899

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Shame

List of Figures and Tables
Foreword by H. Newton Malony
Foreword by Robert Perloff
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part 1: Psychodynamics of Homosexuality
1. Overview: Advances in Reparative Therapy
2. Family Dynamics
3. Homosexuality as a Shame-Based Symptom
4. Homosexuality as a Repetition Compulsion
5. Homosexuality as a Reparative Drive

Part II: Treatment: Affect-Focused Therapy
6. The Primacy of Affect
7. The Body
8. Reparative Body Work: The Concept of the Two-Triangle Sequence
9. Reparative Body Work: Working the Two-Triangle Sequence
10. The Double Bind
11. The Double Loop
12. From Double Bind to Double Loop
13. The Scenario Preceding Homosexual Enactment
14. Working Through the Scenario Preceding Homosexual Enactment
15. Journaling
16. Counseling Teenagers
17. Male Friendships
18. Relationships with Women

Part III: Grief Work
19. The Role of Grief Work in Reparative Therapy
20. Approaching the Core Injury
21. Defenses Against Grief
22. Homosexual Enactment as the Opportunity for Grief Work
23. Resolution of Grief: A Life Without Illusions and Distortions

Appendix: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy
Notes
References
Index