title: From fragmentation to wholeness: an integrative approach with clients who dissociate.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Three domains of treatment with the client who dissociates.
  
  
  METHODS
  Author's clinical work, review of literature.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the use of building ego strength, modulating affect, and supporting abreaction to decrease fragmentation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nurse psychotherapist can use these interventions to decrease fragmentation with clients who dissociate.
authors.affiliation: Phoenix Centers, Newtown Square, PA, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Reilly-Knapp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D018939:Holistic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012944:Social Support