Alexithymia and group therapy: the case of professor Crastaign and other remarks
Journal title GRUPPI
Author/s Bianca Gallo
Publishing Year 2016 Issue 2015/2
Language Italian Pages 10 P. 51-60 File size 84 KB
DOI 10.3280/GRU2015-002005
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Alexithymia is a disorder of affection-regulation. In tackling this theme, the author present a literary and a clinical case which show that group psychotherapy, as opposed to the individual psychotherapy, can produce positive effects. Indeed group-therapy can allow alexithyimia sufferers to re-build mental functions not yet fully developed, through group specific phenomena. As mental functions have a neural correlate, the author examines the possible causes of this malfunctioning, both through the recent acquisitions of neuroscience and by referring to the theories of Bion and other authors.
Keywords: Alexithymia, group therapy, affection regulation, emotions, alpha function, mirroring.
Bianca Gallo, Alessitimia e terapia di gruppo. Il caso del professor Crastaign e altre considerazioni in "GRUPPI" 2/2015, pp 51-60, DOI: 10.3280/GRU2015-002005