Joan of Arc Meets Mary Poppins: Maternal Re-nurturing Approaches with Male Patients in Ego-State Therapy

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis,  Jul 2004  by Phillips, Maggie

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Although this approach requires considerably more investigation, it is a promising new possibility in the area of creative re-nurturing. Cross-gender re-nurturing may be particularly important for male patients, especially where their primary early attachments to women have been the source of profound wounding and betrayal, leaving them vulnerable to later attachment difficulties with women in their adult lives.

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