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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"selfobject"”.
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An Analysis Of Self: The Development And Assessment Of A Measure Of Selfobject Needs
… relations. Kohut elaborated three critical selfobject needs (i.e., idealizing, mirroring, and twinship) that were ideally satiated by these early experiences, deeming the fulfillment of these needs as essential for developing a healthy sense of self, capable of sustaining ambitions, …
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Towards a more specific model of anorectic pathogenesis: Parental selfobject use of the pre-anorectic child.
… simultaneous function as a self-denying, merged selfobject to her mother and as an omnipotent, idealized selfobject to either or both parents. Such selfobject use of the pre-anorectic child is argued to leave her with a heightened sensitivity to environmental rejection experiences because of her …
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AIDS/representation and psychological practice : (inter)subjectivity in HIV counselling
… psychodynamic consequences of having AIDS and selfobject phantasies is examined. This theory is criticised for ignoring the content of phantasies as well as the imbrication of the subject within the social. In an attempt to address these gaps theorisation of stigma and gendered development is …
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Struggles with empathy and optimal responsiveness : an intersubjective view
… as essential for the activation of the selfobject experience, the core requirement for the restoration of a cohesive sense of self. However, numerous factors arising in the therapeutic situation mitigate against empathic listening, and there is no real consensus amongst Self …
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Attachment and affect motivated eating behavior in an obese population: Maintenance versus relapse
… through empathic failures on the part of the selfobject, interfere with internalization of self-soothing structures. consequently, when the self experiences intolerable affect, the self initiates some action to ameliorate it. In the case of obesity, the self eats compulsively. This dynamic …