Mother-Infant Attachment and Psychoanalysis: The Eyes of ShameWinner 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. |
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... .: alk. paper) I. Object relations (Psychoanalysis) 2. Attachment behavior. 3. Gaze—Psychological aspects. 4. Shame. 5. Psychoanalysis. I. Title. BFI75.5.O24A94 2003 152.4—dc21 2003004202 To my husband, Richard, who helped me know my shame.
... 3 . Gaze - Psychological aspects . 4. Shame . 5. Psychoanalysis . I. Title . BF175.5.024A94 2003 152.4 - dc21 2003004202 ISBN 1-58391-287-8 ( hbk ) ISBN 1-58391-288-6 ( pbk ) To my husband , Richard , who helped me know.
... gaze . These intrusive , internal eyes make it hard to realize oneself mirrored through another's eyes . The only reflection one gets back is one's own vision of oneself staring back . This individual perishes through her own ...
... gaze with tonus in neck and shoulder muscles reduced , eyebrows furrowed , and the head slumping with eyelids drooping ; the vasculature of the facial skin dilates to produce the blush ( Nathanson , 1996 ) . Sustained eye contact with ...
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Contents
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Mothers eyes | 34 |
Mothers eyes as false mirrors | 61 |
The Evil Eye and the Great Mother | 99 |
The eyes of love | 188 |