Journal articles

Using keyword alien self

Author Title Issue Keywords Abstract Sequence
Cooke, Kate Portrait of a Woman Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, incorporating a Morenian Perspective (PDF, 374.2 KB) Journal 23 December 2014 alien self, attachment, Borderline Personality Disorder, psychiatry, social and cultural atom My desire to write this article was driven by two issues in my mind. Firstly, I had a desire to get to know more thoroughly Ailsa, the client featured in this article who is diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I perceived that writing was one way I could achieve this. By 'more thoroughly' I mean that I wanted to elucidate in a written form how her life events were connected to and influenced the growth of particular aspects of these disorders. Secondly, I wanted to integrate concepts from various psychological or psychiatric perspectives with my thinking as a psychodramatist. 8 2014-12