{"product_id":"the-maternal-lineage-9780415681643","title":"The Maternal Lineage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do women want to have children? How does one learn' to be a mother? Does having babies have anything to do with sex? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when mothers are bombarded by prescriptive and contradicting advice on how to behave with their children, \u003cem\u003eThe Maternal Lineage\u003c\/em\u003e highlights various psychological aspects of the mothering experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternational contributors provide clinical examples of frequent and challenging situations that have received scarce attention in psychoanalysis, such as issues of neglect and psychical abuse. The transgenerational repetition from mother to daughter of distressing mothering patterns is evident throughout the book, and may seem inevitable. However, clinical examples and theoretical research indicate that, when the support of partner and friends is not enough, the cycle can be brought to an end if the mother receives psychoanalytic-informed professional help. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Maternal Lineage\u003c\/em\u003e is divided into four parts:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eThe Maternal Lineage\u003cem\u003e provides a thorough overview of the profoundly important but little-examined experience of mothering, and illuminates how psychoanalysis can help women going through this process.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Joanne A. Byars, AAPDP, Winter 2012\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is an important book, bringing together a diverse range of papers in the psychoanalytic tradition from around the world. ... \u003c\/em\u003eMariotti \u003cem\u003ehas written a general introduction as well as an introduction to each section. I must say these are essays of the highest quality, which will become classic papers in their own right. They will be invaluable to students of psychotherapy and sociology. The contributors show it is possible to promote parental containment in different therapeutic contexts. \u003c\/em\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eMarilyn Lawrence\u003cem\u003e, Journal of Child Psychotherapy\u003c\/em\u003e, Vol. 39 No. 2, 2013\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMariotti,\u003c\/em\u003e General Introduction. \u003cem\u003eMariotti,\u003c\/em\u003e Mothering in Body and Mind – Introduction. \u003cem\u003eWinnicott,\u003c\/em\u003e Primary Maternal Preoccupation. \u003cem\u003eBirksted-Breen,\u003c\/em\u003e Peaceful Islands and Dangerous Jungles – Pregnancy: Opportunity or Impediment. A Psychoanalyst’s View. \u003cem\u003eParker,\u003c\/em\u003e Mothering Ambivalence and Shame. \u003cem\u003eBalsam,\u003c\/em\u003e The Pregnant Mother and the Body Image of the Daughter. \u003cem\u003eFurman,\u003c\/em\u003e On Motherhood. \u003cem\u003eMariotti,\u003c\/em\u003e Subfertility – Introduction. \u003cem\u003eLeuzinger-Bohleber,\u003c\/em\u003e The ‘Medea Fantasy’: An Unconscious Determinant of Psychogenic Sterility. \u003cem\u003eRaphael-Leff,\u003c\/em\u003e The Baby Makers: An In-depth Single-case Study of Conscious and Unconscious Psychological Reactions to Infertility and ‘Baby-making’. \u003cem\u003eZalusky-Blum,\u003c\/em\u003e Infertility in the Age of Technology. \u003cem\u003eMariotti,\u003c\/em\u003e When Not All Goes Well – Introduction. \u003cem\u003ePines,\u003c\/em\u003e Pregnancy, Miscarriage and Abortion. \u003cem\u003eHalberstadt-Freud,\u003c\/em\u003e Post-Partum Depression and Symbiotic Illusion. \u003cem\u003eLemma,\u003c\/em\u003e Keeping Envy in Mind - The Vicissitudes of Envy in Adolescent Motherhood. \u003cem\u003eBaradon,\u003c\/em\u003e \"What is Genuine Maternal Love?\": Clinical Considerations and Technique in Psychoanalytic Parent-infant Psychotherapy. \u003cem\u003eFraiberg, Adelson,\u003c\/em\u003e Infant-parent Psychotherapy on Behalf of a Child in a Critical Nutritional State. \u003cem\u003eWelldon,\u003c\/em\u003e Bodies Across Generations and Cycles of Abuse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402143801687,"sku":"9780415681643","price":123.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415681643.jpg?v=1730479522","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-maternal-lineage-9780415681643","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}