1st Edition

Siblings in the Unconscious and Psychopathology Womb Fantasies, Claustrophobias, Fear of Pregnancy, Murderous Rage, Animal Symbolism, Christmas and Easter "Neuroses", and Twinnings or Identifications with Sisters and Brothers

By Gabriele Ast, Vamik D. Volkan Copyright 1997
202 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines adults' identifications and internal relationships with their siblings' mental representations. The authors believe that the best way to illustrate clinical formulations and psychoanalytic theoretical concepts is to provide detailed clinical data. The influence of childhood sibling experiences and associated unconscious fantasies, in their own right, in adults' personality... Read more
Introduction , Unconscious Fantasies , The Intruder , Insects, Fish, Birds, and Animals , Territoriality and Unconscious Womb Fantasies , The Secret Restaurant , To Kill or to Repair , Deposited Representations , Twinning , Dead Sibling Representations , Charon and Herakles: Living with a Dead Brother , Diagnosis

Biography

Gabriele Ast