Psychotherapeutic Change and the Experience of Dwelling

Paul Hamburg, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 42, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1988.42.3.465

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The theme of dwelling is a rich metaphor for issues of containment, safety, entrapment, building, and hiding. Over the course of four years of individual psychotherapy, a young woman described the changes in her experience of dwelling in the family home where she grew up. These changes mirrored the transformation of her sense of identity to provide a record of psychological growth.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 42 • Number 3 • 1988, pp. 335–510

Pages: 465 - 471

PubMed: 3177710

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Published in print: 1988, pp. 335–510

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Paul Hamburg, M.D.^*

Boston, MA

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Eating Disorders Unit, AGG 6, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114.

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