Mother-infant attachment and psychoanalysis : the eyes of shame / / Mary Ayers

• Autore: Ayers Mary <1960, >
• Pubblicazione: Hove ; ; New York : , : Brunner-Routledge, , 2003
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 152.4
• Soggetto topico: Object relations (Psychoanalysis); Attachment behavior; Gaze - Psychological aspects; Shame; Psychoanalysis
• Classificazione: 77.14; 77.55
• Note generali: "Transferred to Digital Printing 2011"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 ; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 furt
• Altri titoli varianti: Eyes of shame
• Titolo autorizzato: Mother-infant attachment and psychoanalysis
• ISBN: 1-317-76297-5; 1-58391-288-6; 1-315-80058-6; 1-317-76298-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808883803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II