When the Bad takes hold – Concerning ties to aggressors from within, negative therapeutic reactions and the struggle for change

When the Bad takes hold – Concerning ties to aggressors from within, negative therapeutic reactions and the struggle for change Sverker Belin Persons with severe psychological distress have often difficulties... [ view full abstract ]

When the Bad takes hold – Concerning ties to aggressors from within, negative therapeutic reactions and the struggle for change

Sverker Belin

Persons with severe psychological distress have often difficulties establishing connections stable enough so that help, support and therapy can be accepted, allowing healing, maturation and change to develop. Often these individuals become labeled as “therapy-resistant”. For example how can we understand why there are so many setbacks and relapses to earlier symptoms and destructive life patterns? Why do new crises continually emerge, in spite of so much seeming to be just on the brink of a change for the better? Why is this process of change so time consuming?

How can we create a better understanding for the beginning vantage point for persons with these difficulties and how can we prepare ourselves to have the necessary patience for this therapeutic process, so that change may actually be possible?