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This paper examines how emotional attunement and analytic holding aid in the symbolic processing of trauma in a male survivor of childhood sexual abuse.

July 8, 2026The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review

From dissociation to symbolization: reclaiming the self in the analysis of a male survivor of childhood sexual abuse

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DPDenise PhillipsObject Computing (United States)

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This case study demonstrates the transformation of dissociated trauma in a male survivor, suggesting therapeutic implications for integration.

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This paper examines how emotional attunement and analytic holding aid in the symbolic processing of trauma in a male survivor of childhood sexual abuse.
Detailed case analysis of a male survivor of childhood sexual abuse
Application of contemporary psychoanalytic theory including concepts from D. W. Winnicott and Wilfred Bion
Focus on emotional attunement and analytic holding to facilitate symbolization of traumatic experiences.
The patient developed the ability to symbolize previously dissociated affect over time.
Transference evolved, enabling a shift from defensive self-sufficiency to whole-object relating.
Literary metaphor served as a symbolic bridge, facilitating the integration of unformulated experience into the symbolic life.

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Denise Phillips (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a4de8a7d2ea289ef62834fe https://doi.org/10.1080/01062301.2026.2698194

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This case study demonstrates the transformation of dissociated trauma in a male survivor, suggesting therapeutic implications for integration.

From dissociation to symbolization: reclaiming the self in the analysis of a male survivor of childhood sexual abuse

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From dissociation to symbolization: reclaiming the self in the analysis of a male survivor of childhood sexual abuse

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