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Welcome to: How to Work with Feelings of Defectiveness

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6. Working with Feelings of Defectiveness Rooted in Attachment Issues

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7. How to Work with Defectiveness Impacting a Client’s Current Relationships

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8. Using the Therapeutic Relationship to Handle Transference and Idealization of the Therapist

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9. Three Practices that Can Counteract and Diminish Feelings of Defectiveness

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Bonus | Defectiveness, Societal Messaging, and Intergenerational Transmission

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Ruth Buczynski, PhD

Dr. Ruth Buczynski is a licensed psychologist and founder and president of The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM). NICABM helps physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and counselors – practitioners who have some of the most significant and life-changing missions on the planet – provide cutting-edge, research-based treatment strategies to their patients. For more than 35 years, NICABM has offered accredited training and professional development programs to thousands of practitioners worldwide.

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