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Erotic horror: desire and resistance in the psychoanalytic situation.

The emotions experienced during a sexualized transference are, though genital, hardly pleasurable. The phrase erotic horror describes something of what most patients find the experience to be like. Accordingly, I set forward the hypotheses that in direct proportion to the intensity of its need, the erotic transference is a form of negative transference deriving from past object relationships with exciting but frustrating objects; genetically, erotic transferences can be related not only to the oedipal phase but also to preoedipal phases of development, can refer to actual or fantasied seductions by either or both parents, and can involve both sexual and aggressive drives; the patient can also be an exciting but frustrating object to the analyst, evoking inevitable countertransference feelings in the analyst pertaining to both contemporary and past objects; the factor that most limits the elucidation of the patient's erotic transference is not the desire of the patient but the desire of the analyst; and only the correct interpretation, whether spoken or silently understood, mitigates the frustrated desire and resistance of both patient and analyst.

Adult↗
PubMed2004

Fathers and sons.

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Father-Child Relations↗
PubMed2000

Tyrannical omnipotence in the archetypal father.

This paper sets the archetypal relationship between the tyrannical, devouring father and his sons in the context of a disjunction in the parental couple (syzygy) whereby the role of the maternal feminine is eclipsed and excluded. This is shown to originate in an omnipotent defence against infantile dependence on the mother. Successful liberation from the father's tyranny requires the restoration of mutuality between the internal couple. Although the main focus is on the internal world (and a detailed clinical illustration is given, showing the working out of this process in the analytical relationship), reference is also made to political tyranny, attitudes to the control of Nature by technological means and patriarchal forms of masculinity. The Chronos myth is amplified through the use of two modern variants in the films The Terminator and Star Wars.

Father-Child Relations↗
PubMed1981

A rare case of Capgras syndrome observed in wake-amine induced psychosis.

An adolescent girl showed the apparent Capgras syndrome in the course of wake-amine induced psychosis. The patient, then 18, committed homicide in close connection with the syndrome and also with the distorted judgment due to personality immaturity. As far as the syndrome was concerned, the extension was so extreme that it involved her neighbors and even her dwelling city. The detailed case history was reported along with a discussion about the psychodynamism.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

Oedipus in Gethsemane: archetypal aspects of homosexuality.

In the history of depth psychology, we often come upon the theme of 'father-son' relationships, which, although initially positive, ultimately become destructive. I submit that repressed homosexual aspects may be responsible for this turn of events and illustrate this hypothesis with archetypal motifs found in Greek and Judaeo-Christian culture.

Christianity↗
PubMed1992

Looks that kill the capacity for thought.

In this paper I explore ways in which the fundamental balance between life and death forces is portrayed within the Oedipus myth, showing how there are times when, as theorists, we are blind to the on-going dynamic polarities contained within the myth. Using clinical case material I explore the vicissitudes of the theme of infanticide and the impact of the infanticidal impulse on thinking processes and how things come together in the mind. I consider the link between the infanticidal impulse and what may be being symbolized by physiological problems with eyes and wombs. I give examples of the clinical use I have made of a variety of theoretical ideas which enabled my capacity for thought at those times when much of what was taking place was unthinkable.

Adult↗
PubMed1992

Some functions of the self personified by the father.

I have presented clinical material in order to illustrate a series of fantasies of parental intercourse which represent the self in successive stages of individuation from early projective identification to later introjective identification. From this is abstracted the idea of 'father' both as a component of the self representation and as the personification of the urge towards continuing development. Evidence is also gathered from the clinical material, supported by mythological parallels, to suggest that the whole process, including those components explicitly identified with the mother, is subsumed under an identification of the deintegrating self, its identity and integrity, with 'the father'.

Adult↗
PubMed1990

Is parent-offspring conflict sex-linked? Freudian and Darwinian models.

Freud's Oedipal theory sees parent-offspring conflict as a within-gender rivalry, whereas most modern evolutionary models interpret it as a gender-blind disagreement about resource allocation. New analyses of family homicides and a critical review of prior evidence do not support the central Freudian claim of a same-sex contingency in parent-offspring antagonism during the Oedipal phase. Several errors of fact and interpretation in psychoanalytic theorizing about family relations are discussed. We argue that psychoanalysts mistake substantive conflicts between nonrelatives for symbolic manifestations of family conflicts.

Conflict, Psychological↗
PubMed1974

The first born.

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Achievement↗
PubMed1977

To be or not to be a Jew? A dilemma of Sigmund Freud?

The paper presents the position that Freud was not torn by the conflict "To be or not to be a Jew" as some have contended, but, rather, that he had resolved upon "to be ...", and did not long to reject his Jewish identity. What is maintained here is that evidence cited in support of supposed ambivalence regarding Jewish identity is better interpreted in terms of Freud's life-long ambivalence toward his father, his drive to denigrate and destroy him. Evidence is brough that it is his father, rather than himself, whom Freud identifies with the Moses figure - and the consequences of his identification are used to explain both his obsession with the Moses theme and his seeming digressions into Bible-analysis in "Moses and monotheism". The latter, which Freud described as a sequel to "Totem and Taboo", is seen as the acting out of the wish for parricide described in that work.

Freudian Theory↗
PubMed1983

Father/son relationship during the preschool years. An integrative review with special reference to recent Swedish findings.

This review is an attempt to integrate Anglo-American and Swedish studies on father/son relationships. The puerperal period, infancy and early childhood are surveyed. Swedish studies do not support specific stereotyped bonding in the puerperal period. The review confirms the bidirectional nature of the father/son relationship. Thus, counteridentification, i.e. the father's identification with his son, and identification during the oedipal phase, i.e. the son's identification with his father, seem to be essential components in the father/son relationship. However, studies on parent-infant behaviour indicate that different parental roles exist early in infancy. Also, attachment studies point to the specificity of the father/son relationship before the oedipal phase. It is concluded that the major importance of the father/son relationship during the preschool years is to facilitate the son's masculine identification.

Adult↗
PubMed1984

Parental losses.

In a review article parental losses (PL) of children in different age and sex groups are psycho-analytically examined from the view point of the triangular family relationship, cognitive development of the children and their ability to mourn, delinquency, schizophrenia and affective illnesses, and lastly the controversies about and objections to bereavement study findings. It is concluded that many methodological problems make it difficult to compare study findings. Some unchallengeable laws have been found, but any single explanation of their aetiological meaning could not be shown. It is obvious that many psycho-social variables are involved in the interpretation of PL.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Identity conflicts in adoptees.

A review of the literature, and interviews with a large number of adoptees who have experienced reunions with their birth parents, indicates that adoptees are more vulnerable than the population at large to the development of identity problems in late adolescence and young adulthood.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1976

Antisocial behavior and social alienation post divorce: the "man of the house" and his mother.

Women raising children alone after divorce often find their new socio-psychological world frightening and unmanageable. Perceiving this, their young sons may undertake a counterphobic defense of themselves and their mothers, manifested as antisocial behavior. Clinical experience outlined in this paper suggests that both mother and son can benefit quickly and dramatically from family interventions focused on recognizing and utilizing aggression.

Aggression↗