Group Psychodynamics: New Paradigms and New Perspectives

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Title Group Psychodynamics: New Paradigms and New Perspectives
Publication Type Book
Pub Year 1989
Authors Halperin, D. A.
Publisher Year Book Medical Publishers, Incorporated
Keywords alexithymia
Notes alexithymia"Sifneos coined the term alexithymia or 'the absence of words for feelings'. He described alexithymic patients as having an impoverishment of fantasy life, a constriction of emotional functioning, and a tendency to describe endless situational details or symptoms." (p. 171)
URL http://books.google.com/books?id=TfULAQAAMAAJ