Research Highlights

Affiliation: Tokushi Laboratory, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University

My research, conducted at the Okura Tokushi Laboratory within the Faculty of Integrated Human Studies at Kyoto University, focuses on the Psychoanalysis and Developmental psychology of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Specifically, I examine the regressive phenomena—often manifesting as withdrawal—observed during the recovery phase. By applying D.W. Winnicott’s psychoanalytic framework, I explore how such withdrawal and regression can function as essential components in a patient's psychic reorganization and long-term healing within a secure therapeutic "holding environment."

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