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The "Lone Ranger" Syndrom

Session #: 710-423
Presenter(s): Noel Larson
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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Some women surmount histories of terrible childhood abuse by forging identities around outward success--in academics, sports, careers, leadership, or social life--but still have difficulty forming genuinely close relationships and feel empty and defective inside. Outwardly highly independent and completely in charge of their lives, they're inclined to rescue others "lone ranger" style (they tend to have caseloads rather than friends). They ambivalently yearn for intimate connections, but can't tolerate feelings of vulnerability and are threatened by closeness. In this workshop, we'll discuss an approach that gradually helps them modulate their fear of therapy itself, resolve their ambivalence about proximity and closeness, heighten their awareness of emotions (increasing their tolerance for feeling them in lieu of dissociation), open up their trauma template from childhood, and enhance their capacity for relationship. You'll also learn how to help clients rework their personal relationships to accommodate the changes they're making in their lives.

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