Grief, the Body, and Script: An Integrative Psychotherapy Case Study
Abstract
This article presents a case study conducted in accordance with the principles of integrative
psychotherapy. The study addresses the physical and psychological difficulties experienced
by a 36-year-old female client who lost both her father and her older sister to cancer within the
same year. Over the course of two years of therapy, full-contact, relationship-oriented, and
developmentally based interventions were utilized. The case study focuses particularly on the
concepts of grief, the body, and script. Throughout the process, inquiry, attunement, and
involvement—methods that facilitate contact—were employed, resulting in a strong healing
effect on the client’s script beliefs. The study also details the dynamics of transference and
countertransference within the therapeutic process. This case study is written for the attention
of professionals working in the field of integrative psychotherapy.
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