The pose of knowing and the ambivalence of being known

Article Abstract:

A case study involving a family's relationship reflects the problems surrounding ambivalence or transference, with the desire to be known against the desire not to be known. Lacanian psychology posits the uncertainty concerning the nature of reality incites a wish for original unity in which there is no fear of powerlessness and abandonment. Therapists must be aware that their interactions with patients can bring out defenses against knowing or acknowledging the past.

Criticism and interpretation, Transference (Psychology), Ambivalence, Lacan, Jacques

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The attachment-trauma complex

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Trauma damages the victim's internal sense of primary attachment, which results in feelings of abandonment and rage. A traumatic event causes a split in the patient's psyche between the ego's rational search for safety and its impulse to magically reunite with a protector. The trauma response propels the victim who has experienced extreme danger to seek security in a protective parent or group.

Causes of, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Attachment behavior, Attachment (Psychology), Traumatic neuroses, Regression (Psychology)

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The psychotherapeutic encounter: sexual acting out as the focus of intervention

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A psychoanalyst relates 3 cases where people want to be able to break off an affair that is threatening a relationship that is important to them. The author believes that this sexual acting out is an attempt to blot out a failure or some other problem that is threatening the patient's self-image.

Research, Self-esteem, Self esteem, Sex (Psychology), Sexuality, Sexual addiction, Acting out (Psychology)

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