Mother-Infant Attachment and Psychoanalysis: The Eyes of Shame Contributor(s): Ayers, Mary (Author), Ayers Mary, Y. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583912886 ISBN-13: 9781583912881 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Emotions - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis - Psychology | Mental Health |
Dewey: 152.4 |
LCCN: 2003004202 |
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.66 lbs) 256 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |