Sentences with phrase «involving fear of abandonment»

The presentation will address countertransference issues involving fear of abandonment, denial, control, guilt, caretaking, boundaries, and the handling of missed appointments, termination, and fees.

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Dependency involves both insecure attachment, expressed as difficulty tolerating aloneness; intense fear of loss, abandonment, or rejection by significant others; and urgent need for contact with significant others when stressed or distressed, accompanied sometimes by highly submissive, subservient behavior.

In addition, the underlying «self - structure» organization of the narcissistic and borderline personality organization is the same (Kernberg, 1975), involving the person's tremendous sense of core - self inadequacy and fears of abandonment.

For example, in circumstances where an attachment figure is inconsistently available, physically or emotionally, a person may implicitly adopt hyperactivating attachment strategies involving amplification of attachment needs, high levels of negative emotion, persistent attempts to maintain connection, and intense fear of abandonment (Cassidy & Kobak, 1988).