TY - JOUR PY - 1994// TI - There is No Such Thing as an Abused Child - But There is a Phantom Hybrid of the Mind JO - British journal of psychotherapy A1 - Balbernie, Robin SP - 20 EP - 31 VL - 11 IS - 1 N2 - Winnicott's false self concept provides the starting point for an intrapersonal model of the impact and long-term effect of abuse. Abuse creates a false self personality system which carries a circumscribed set of behaviours and attitudes directed both at self and others. It is the opposite of the reciprocally enhancing relationship he named holding.

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