Key words: affective dependency, abuse, couple, autonomy, therapy
Affective dependency is one of the most frequent reasons for seeking therapy. This article proposes ten specific tasks to work on the problem of affective dependency in therapy, in an attempt to address the cognitive and emotional distortions that can be detected in patients’ discourse. To this end, numerous personal testimonies transcribed verbatim from individual or group therapy sessions are reported and analyzed.
DOI: doi.org/10.36131/COGNCL20230205
First published in Cognitivismo clinico 20(2), 218-246