Enduring migration through the life cycle / edited by Arturo Varchevker and Eileen McGinley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Varchevker, Arturo.

McGinley, Eileen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borderline personality disorder.

Emotional response.

Life cycle.

Local Subjects:

Borderline personality disorder.

Emotional response.

Life cycle.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Migration in the last decades resulted in mayor conflicts in all aspects of society. This book addresses the psychological response to migration and explores the emotional response to both, the change of habitat and changes in life cycle. Quite often the migrant idealizes the new habitat and the country of origin is devalued and sometimes there is a swing in the opposite direction.Although other psychoanalytical concepts describe the emotional reactions and enduring pathological problems, 'Migration' provide a wider and deeper understanding towards the capacity and possibilities of adaptation to a new situation.The chapters are structured according to the Life Cycle and in addition we have included chapters where the authors address socio-cultural issues.Freud and post Freudian theories are further developed of our understanding of the function of the mind. The reader will become aware of the importance of internal migration.The exploration of migration phenomenon enables a deeper and wider view of the emotional vicissitudes activated by significant moves or geographical changes or developmental changes. Migration highlights the sense of identity, psychic development and creativity.Psychoanalysis contributes to a deeper exploration of the mental functioning of migrants and internal migration and this has improved the therapeutic possibilities of helping individuals, couples families."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I CHILDHOOD; CHAPTER ONE Internal and external migration in infancy and childhood: the re-presentation of absence in a mother-baby couple-a case study in psychoanalytic parent-infant psychotherapy; CHAPTER TWO Learning to walk down the corridor: body image, catastrophic anxieties, and supportive internal figures; PART II ADOLESCENCE; CHAPTER THREE Finding out where and who one is: the special complexity of migration for adolescents; PART III ADULTHOOD

CHAPTER FOUR Migration, loss, and connectedness: two analytic casesCHAPTER FIVE "Neither rhyme nor reason": migrating to the rigidity of narcissism as a defence against chaos and pain; PART IV OLD AGE; CHAPTER SIX Another country? migration, displacement, and internal dislocation in old age; PART V MIGRATION IN COUPLES AND FAMILIES; CHAPTER SEVEN Migrating between self and others: mentalisation-based therapy with families; CHAPTER EIGHT External and internal migration in couples; PART VI CULTURE AND SOCIETY

CHAPTER NINE "Fed with tears, poisoned with milk": the way out from under the shadows of the HolocaustCHAPTER TEN "Tears are better than blood; words are better than tears": can we address current, ongoing conflict?; CHAPTER ELEVEN Migration and creativity; PART VII ART AND PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER TWELVE Roots, identity, and loss in the work of two émigré artists; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91325-7

0-429-89902-5

0-429-47425-3

1-299-22060-6

1-78241-062-7

9780429474255

OCLC:

829459907