Blind mothers of suffering babies
- 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.
Metadaten| Author: | Tevfika İkiz |
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| Parent Title (English): | International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 26 (No. 1, 2017), pp. 049-053. |
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| Document Type: | Articles |
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| Language: | English |
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| Year of first Publication: | 2017 |
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| Release Date: | 2017/11/20 |
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| Format: | PDF-scan upon request / PDF-Scan auf Anfrage |
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| IdNo: | Ikiz_T_2017 |
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| Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Articles / Artikel |
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| Licence (German): | on request / auf Anfrage |
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