Ten years of doing psychotherapy while living with a life-threatening illness self-disclosure and other ramifications

  • In response to Cohen's rich and evocative presentation of her case of Lisa, I offer some additional perspectives on the material. Labeling Lisa a >naughty girl,< I explore the relevance of Winnicott's notions of the antisocial tendency and of the pathology of self-sufficiency, something Corrigan and I have called the mind object. I have looked at the treatment in terms of the facilitation of regression to dependence and a child's reconnection to her body. Herzog's concept of father hunger leads me to an exploration of Lisa's finding the father in her therapist, which helps her separate from omnipotent internal objects and accept the individuality of the other. Finally, inspired by Cohen's characterization of her treatment of Lisa as >relational and action oriented,< I attempt to review what I believe is essential to child treatment and what is beautifully illustrated in Cohen's work.

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Author:Pearl-Ellen Gordon
Parent Title (English):Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 12 (2002), pp. 627-642.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2002
Release Date:2017/11/20
Format:xerox upon request / Fotokopie auf Anfrage
IdNo:Gordon_P-E_2002
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
Licence (German):xerox upon request
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