The analytic response to the threat of nuclear war

Lotto, David

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“…176-177; Lifton, 1964). Metaphors were needed even prior to the outbreak of actual battle in order to deal with the intangible yet palpable sense of threat and the impairment of the sense of safety already gnawing at the otherwise passive civilian populace that had been labeled as the potential target of attack (Lotto, 1986; Shaw, 1987), and who needed to adaptively internalize a variety of emergency procedures.…”

Section: The War Context and Its Metaphorsmentioning

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Sirens, seals, and containers: Reflections on psychotherapy during the 1991 Gulf War.

Spero¹

1992

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

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Clinical observations are presented of the impact of the 1991 Gulf War on the themes and processes of psychotherapy among a group of Israeli patients. Metaphors of the war period are analyzed in the light of contemporary psychoanalytic thinking, with particular focus on the significance of the sealed room. Some reflections are offered regarding the containing function of the therapist and the therapeutic framework in the face of potential environmental disaster.With the onset of Operation Desert Storm, beginning in the small hours of January 17, 1991 and ending with the cease-fire of February 28, 1991, the dark shadow of war and potential catastrophe fell upon the State of Israel for the sixth time since 1948. The psychological impact of previous wars upon Israeli soldiers and military personnel and the implications for psychotherapy has received careful study by the I.

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Section: The War Context and Its Metaphorsmentioning

confidence: 99%