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__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

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Author
Mary Y. Ayers
Publisher
Brunner-Routledge
Published
2003
Language
EN
ISBN
9781317762973
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Psychology, Medical, Science

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