Mirroring and child development

Stage Fright in Psychotherapy

“…Lacan is concerned with the encounter re sulting in an alienating identity. How the image of self is indeed gradually evolving in the infant may also be inferred from Wallon's observations as reported by Pines (1985) that a child at 6 months of age will only see the image of father as they both stand in front of the mirror, while an 8 month old infant will respond to his own image as well. Amsterdam and Levitt (1980) in their de velopmental study of 88 infants addressed explicitly the phenom enon of self-consciousness and its being affected by both the expe-505 Downloaded by [University of Exeter] at 15:30 12 August 2015 rience of the mirror and of mirroring.…”

The contributions of persons in the work environment to the self-identity of persons with mental health problems: a study in Israel

“…The need for mirroring is most salient in infancy, when its satisfaction, usually by the mother, serves as an essential basis for the healthy development of the self (e.g. Pines , Wolf ). But it is also present in adolescence and adulthood, and becomes especially salient during stressful experiences, such as the recovery process of persons with mental health problems (Kirsh , Dunn et al .…”

The Formation of Objects in the Group Matrix: Reflections on Creative Therapy with Clay

“…and t hen apply t he findings t o group process. We are of course working from t he assum pt ion here t hat t he fount of creat ivit y, nam ely, early eye cont act , sm iling, m aking noises and ot her prim ary int ersubj ect ive phenom ena -is fundam ent ally a shared experience bet ween infant and parent t hat arises out of early m irroring ( Pines, 1985) . I t would cert ainly be int erest ing t o observe furt her group sculpt s like t he one-off experim ent described here.…”