TY - JOUR A1 - İkiz, Tevfika T1 - Blind mothers of suffering babies T2 - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 26 (No. 1, 2017), pp. 049-053. N2 - In this paper, the author presents case material related to a patient who asked for psychotherapy as she was having difficulty managing her problems within the family. This clinical vignette reveals how some mothers have difficulties being, as Winnicott said, >ordinary devoted mothers.< These mothers are >psychologically blind,< in that they not able to psychologically >see< or feel the pain of their babies or children. The author discusses the case material using Winnicott and Bion’s essential concepts of how the patient is deprived of maternal functioning. Y1 - 2017 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-Fromm/frontdoor/index/index/docId/32558 ER -