The Forerunners of the Separation-Individuation Process

Mahler, Margaret S.; Pine, Fred; Bergman, Anni

doi:10.4324/9780429482915-4

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“…Helping clients with this task, especially the more vulnerable ones who have experienced earlier devastating losses, is important. Mahler, Pine and Bergman (1975: 69) described the concept of ‘emotional refuelling’, where a mother remains a stable point that the child returns to before going off to explore again. They observed that through the smallest of – in the case of toddlers and mothers – physical contact, the child ‘perks up’ (p. 69).…”

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‘My children are my world’: Raising the voices of birth mothers with substantial experience of counselling following the loss of their children to adoption or foster care

Morgan

Nolte

Rishworth³

et al. 2019

Adoption & Fostering

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There is very little published literature on 'what works' in terms of support for birth mothers following the loss of their children to compulsory adoption or foster care. The aim of this paper is to raise the voices of a group of birth mothers, an historically stigmatised, powerless and neglected group, with substantial experience of such counselling. A user of services and expert by experience was recruited to join the research team and was consulted at all stages of the research process. Five birth mothers were interviewed regarding their experiences of counselling with a counselling service for birth relatives post-child removal. These interviews were systematically analysed using an IPA methodology through the lens of the research question: What are the experiences of birth mothers who engage in person-centred counselling following the loss of a child or children to compulsory adoption or foster care? Three master themes were constructed from the data, namely From feeling alone, judged and let down…to feeling part of a special relationship, "The Healing Process" and "My Children are my world". The clinical invitations extended by these findings are discussed.

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‘My children are my world’: Raising the voices of birth mothers with substantial experience of counselling following the loss of their children to adoption or foster care

Morgan

Nolte

Rishworth³

et al. 2019

Adoption & Fostering

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“…A comunicação entre mãe e filho nessa fase parece mais prejudicada do que antes, não havendo mais uma comunicação simbiótica e um ajustamento de intenções. Torna-se necessário que agora o verbal tome conta dessa relação, pois somente a empatia pré-verbal não é mais suficiente (Mahler, 1972a). O terceiro período da subfase de reaproximação foi chamado "resolução individual da crise de reaproximação".…”

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“…A ausência de disponibilidade materna pode acarretar desarmonia e irregularidade no desenvolvimento das funções primordiais do ego, o que pode ser percebido nos comportamentos agressivos de bater e arremessar objetos, evoluindo para autoagressão, em casos mais graves. Em contrapartida, a confiança que o bebê sente na mãe e o sentimento materno de que seu bebê adquira a posição vertical para que, com isso, possa explorar plenamente o mundo externo, faz com que o filho progrida para o próximo período da subfase de treinamento de maneira normal (Mahler, 1972a).…”

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A teoria de Margaret Mahler sobre o desenvolvimento psíquico precoce normal.

Ribeiro

Caropreso

2019

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Este artigo tem como objetivo abordar a teoria sobre o desenvolvimento psíquico precoce de Margaret Mahler e contribuir para a compreensão de seu lugar de destaque junto aos mais importantes autores psicanalíticos que investigaram o desenvolvimento infantil. Mais especificamente, ele busca fornecer uma visão sistemática do processo do desenvolvimento psíquico precoce normal em crianças de 0 a 3 anos segundo Mahler. Em um primeiro momento, apresentamos o lugar da autora no cenário da psicanálise infantil e descrevemos a metodologia de pesquisa utilizada por Mahler e colaboradores em seus estudos clínicos e empíricos do desenvolvimento infantil. Em seguida, apresentamos os três níveis propostos pela autora em sua teoria do desenvolvimento psíquico, a saber, “desenvolvimento normal”, “crises inerentes ao desenvolvimento” e “psicose infantil”. Por fim, descrevemos fase por fase como se dá o primeiro desses níveis (desenvolvimento psíquico normal) na primeira infância.

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“…The Werner and Kaplan (1963) relational view sees early communicative pointing as emerging from exploration in the context of an initial sense of mutuality in the infant/caregiver relationship. Specific communicative strategies arise as the child experiences increasing differentiation from the caregiver and seeks to maintain a sense of psychological connection (Mahler et al, 1975). According to this view, the infant comes to experience a sense of oneness (symbiosis) with the mother.…”

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Gestures, grunts, and words: Development in a dynamic system

McCune

Lennon

Greenwood³

2020

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Pointing has long been considered influential in language acquisition. Certain pre-linguistic vocal expressions may hold even greater value in addressing the transition to language. The goal of the present study is longitudinal evaluation of early communicative development, addressing the influence of pre-linguistic gestures and vocal expressions. This multiple case study report analyzes longitudinal development in five children from 9 to 16 months of age, a critical language transition period. We include gestures of pointing and extending the hand, with interactive as well as request functions. Gestures, communicative grunts, words, and multimodal events combining gesture with vocal accompaniment comprise the data. Results demonstrate group trends and stark individual differences in children’s use of vocal and gestural modalities, and the influence of grunt communication onset on overall communicative frequency in single and combined communicative events. We imbed this analysis within the broader context of mutually interacting variables in a dynamic system. These results argue for greater attention to vocalization as well as gesture in monitoring children’s approach to language development. Based on the role of communicative grunts demonstrated here, this variable should be further studied in both typical and language-delayed children.

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The Forerunners of the Separation-Individuation Process

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‘My children are my world’: Raising the voices of birth mothers with substantial experience of counselling following the loss of their children to adoption or foster care

‘My children are my world’: Raising the voices of birth mothers with substantial experience of counselling following the loss of their children to adoption or foster care

A teoria de Margaret Mahler sobre o desenvolvimento psíquico precoce normal.

Gestures, grunts, and words: Development in a dynamic system

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