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'Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words--' : a psychoanalytic case study of the role of the body in trauma and containment
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| author | Mendel, Anya |
| author2 | Kaminer, Debbie |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10771 'Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words--' : a psychoanalytic case study of the role of the body in trauma and containment Mendel, Anya Kaminer, Debbie Tomlinson, Mark Anderson, Rod Clinical Psychology Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-127). The anaclitic relationship between psyche and soma is a basic premise of psychoanalytic thought, and is richly woven into classic and contemporary literature in this field. Yet there is limited work drawing together these disparate references, or focussing directly on the role of the body as anaclitic basis for the mind, particularly in relation to the reciprocal conditions of containment and traumatisation. This qualitative case study aims to explore the usefulness of this particularly body of psychoanalytic theory in making meaning of a two-year therapy process with a child who had been multiply maltreated. Clinical case material from this psycholanalytically-oriented therapy was analysed through the lens of the psychoanalytic literature reviewed. This analysis revealed four themes, which reflect the interplay between physical and psychic skins in the child's relationship to the maternal object (Theme 1) and in his sense of self (Theme 2), and the interaction between bodily and emotional digestion in his intake of goodness (Theme 3) and expulsion of badness (Theme 4). These findings point to the utility and robustness of this particular theoretical framework in understanding and integrating a large corpus of previously bewildering and disjointed case material with a multiply traumatised child. Implications for theory and for practice are indicated. 2014-12-31T19:56:21Z 2014-12-31T19:56:21Z 2008 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10771 eng application/pdf Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Clinical Psychology Mendel, Anya 'Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words--' : a psychoanalytic case study of the role of the body in trauma and containment |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | 'Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words--' : a psychoanalytic case study of the role of the body in trauma and containment |
| title_full | 'Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words--' : a psychoanalytic case study of the role of the body in trauma and containment |
| title_fullStr | 'Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words--' : a psychoanalytic case study of the role of the body in trauma and containment |
| title_full_unstemmed | 'Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words--' : a psychoanalytic case study of the role of the body in trauma and containment |
| title_short | 'Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words--' : a psychoanalytic case study of the role of the body in trauma and containment |
| title_sort | sticks and stones can break your bones but words a psychoanalytic case study of the role of the body in trauma and containment |
| topic | Clinical Psychology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10771 |
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