Jungian Psychotherapy and Contemporary Infant Research

Jacoby, Mario

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“…That is behind Leaves of Grass. 43 According to Jungian analyst Mario Jacoby, "Emotional exchanges" can rightfully be viewed "as therapy" 44 (italics Jacoby's). Thus emotional exchanges between men expressed aesthetically, such as in Whitman's "Dear friend whoever you are take this kiss, / I give it especially to you, … I love you" can be highly therapeutic in a homophobic society, as an antidote to male hate.…”

Section: Emotionality Supreme Emotionalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Walt Whitman and the Homoerotic Imagination

Herrmann¹

2007

Jung Journal

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Section: Emotionality Supreme Emotionalitymentioning

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Walt Whitman and the Homoerotic Imagination

Herrmann¹

2007

Jung Journal

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“…This statement is much in line with Astor. Jacoby, influenced by Lichtenberg, discusses the question of fantasy and the formation of symbols in infancy (). He concludes that ‘in the first year of life’, creativity expresses itself in the form of activity (p. 62), a suggestion which, again, resonates with Janet's emphasis on the importance of movement in hysterical states and underlines the unavailability of symbols in the psyche in early developmental processes.…”

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Early trauma and affect: the importance of the body for the development of the capacity to symbolize

Willemsen¹

2014

J Analytical Psychology

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In this paper I aim to outline the importance of working clinically with affect when treating severely traumatized patients who have a limited capacity to symbolize. These patients, who suffer the loss of maternal care early in life, require the analyst to be closely attuned to the patient's distress through use of the countertransference and with significantly less attention paid to the transference. It is questionable whether we can speak of transference when there is limited capacity to form internal representations. The analyst's relationship with the patient is not necessarily used to make interpretations but, instead, the analyst's reverie functions therapeutically to develop awareness and containment of affect, first in the analyst's mind and, later, in the patient's, so that, in time, a relationship between the patient's mind and the body, as the first object, is made. In contrast to general object-relations theories, in which the first object is considered to be the breast or the mother, Ferrari (2004) proposes that the body is the first object in the emerging mind. Once a relationship between mind and body is established, symbolization becomes possible following the formation of internal representations of affective states in the mind, where previously there were few. Using Ferrari's body-mind model, two clinical case vignettes underline the need to use the countertransference with patients who suffered chronic developmental trauma in early childhood.

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“…In Jungian psychology as well as in self psychology there have already been authors who have highlighted some analogies between them. Among the Jungians there is the important contribution of Mario Jacoby (1985) who pointed out that Kohut can be really helpful to a Jungian analyst in his clinical work. Among the colleagues of self psychology, Jim Fosshage (1983Fosshage ( , 1987aFosshage ( , b, 1988Fosshage ( , 1997 has written many important papers about dream theory and explicitly cites Jung as the first to theorize the compensatory function of dreams.…”

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“… 7 Jacoby (1999, p. 42) also suggested the possibility of comparing archetype and motivational system.…”

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Epistemological premise, developmental idea, main motivation in Jung's and Kohut's psychoanalysis: looking for some analogies

Giannoni¹

2004

J Analytical Psychology

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We are living the passage from the positivistic ideal to a new cultural climate which may be called post-modernism, subjectivism or perspectivism and in which we have lost the conviction that it is possible to reach an absolute knowledge. This climate can become a strong stimulus to a dialogue and a comparison among different psychoanalytical schools and between psychoanalysis and empirical research to find some of the reference points we need in our work. In my paper I will compare self psychology and analytic psychology in order to point out several strong analogies. Firstly, they are based on the same methodological option which gathers knowledge through an empathic understanding 'from within'. According to both Jung and Kohut the individual has within himself a psycho-biological potential, an individual pre-formed core that asks to evolve completely: the central motivation of human beings is the realization of their own individuality. This shared theoretical and epistemological ground conveys convergences in the clinical field between the two disciplines (interpretation of dreams, respect of resistance, diminishing attitude regarding sexual drives, etc.) and specifically determines an attitude of the analyst, which respects the individual process of development, which pays attention to the inner experience, and which gives importance to the analyst's and the patient's subjective experience.

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Jungian Psychotherapy and Contemporary Infant Research

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Walt Whitman and the Homoerotic Imagination

Walt Whitman and the Homoerotic Imagination

Early trauma and affect: the importance of the body for the development of the capacity to symbolize

Epistemological premise, developmental idea, main motivation in Jung's and Kohut's psychoanalysis: looking for some analogies

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