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1 online resource (255 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The eyes of shame; Shame defined; An analysis of the developmental origins of shame; Conclusion; 2 Mother's eyes; The eye as face; Infant research; Conclusion; 3 Mother's eyes as false mirrors; The eye as mirror; The eye as false mirror; Conclusion; 4 The Evil Eye and the Great Mother; The Evil Eye; The Great Mother; The eyes of the Great Mother; Conclusion; 5 The eyes of the Terrible Mother; The Eye of Death; The Eye of the Terrible Mother in Ancient Egypt. |
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The petrifying face of MedusaThe fiery eyes of the Baba Yaga; Conclusion; 6 The look; A countertransference psychosis: The stone womb; A psychotic transference: The petrifying eyes; The words to say it; Psychotic anxieties; Conclusion; 7 The eyes of love; Symbols of transformation; The role of eye-to- eye contact in psychotherapy; Conclusion; Epilogue: Clinical implications for the field of depth psychology; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Winner of the 2004 Gradiva Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. The issue of shame has become a central topic for many writers and therapists in recent years, but it is debatable how much real understanding of this powerful and pervasive emotion we have achieved. Mother-Infant Attachment and Psychoanalysis argues that shame can develop during the first six months of life through an unreflected look in the mother's eyes, and that this shame is then internalised by the infant and reverberates through its later life. The author further expands on this concept of the look through a powerful and extensive study of the concept of the Evil Eye, an enduring universal belief that eyes have the power to inflict injury. Finally, she presents ways of healing shame within a clinical setting, and provides a fascinating analysis of the role of eye-contact in the therapeutic encounter. This book brings together a unique blend of theoretical interpretations of shame with clinical studies, and integrates major concepts from psychoanalysis, Jungian analysis, developmental psychology and anthropology. The result is a broad understanding of shame and a real understanding of why it may underlie a wide range of clinical disorders. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Object relations (Psychoanalysis)
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Object relations (Psychoanalysis) |
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Attachment behavior.
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Attachment behavior. |
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Gaze -- Psychological aspects.
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Gaze -- Psychological aspects. |
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Shame.
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Shame. |
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Psychoanalysis.
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Psychoanalysis. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Ayers, Mary Y. Mother-Infant Attachment and Psychoanalysis : The Eyes of Shame. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9781583912874 |
| ISBN |
9781317762980 (electronic book) |
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1317762983 (electronic book) |
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