A clinical case study of some aspects of the significance of the father in the process of separation-individuation

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dc.contributor.advisorFaber, Phillipen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Sueen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-14T08:56:07Z
dc.date.available2015-07-14T08:56:07Z
dc.date.issued1992en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leave 45-47.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn this study, recent psychodynamic literature on some aspects of the significance of the father in psychological development, is reviewed. Psychoanalytic and analytical perspectives on the father are considered, with particular reference to the father's role in preoedipal development of the daughter. This is seen to be crucial for the facilitation of differentiation, as well as for psychosexual development and the formation of gender identity. The clinical case study-method is employed to illustrate the impact of the father on a depressed woman's struggle towards separation-individuation. Therapy and dream material, taken from thirty sessions of psychodynamic psychotherapy, which occurred over a period of nine months, are analysed and discussed in relation to the various theoretical positions outlined in the literature. It is concluded that for this patient, the persecutory nature of the negative paternal introject contributes significantly to the patient's inability to resist the regressive pull of symbiosis. In addition, the mother's passivity and dependence, as well as the patient's physical disability, are regarded as exacerbating factors.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCooper, S. (1992). <i>A clinical case study of some aspects of the significance of the father in the process of separation-individuation</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13469en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCooper, Sue. <i>"A clinical case study of some aspects of the significance of the father in the process of separation-individuation."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13469en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCooper, S. 1992. A clinical case study of some aspects of the significance of the father in the process of separation-individuation. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Cooper, Sue AB - In this study, recent psychodynamic literature on some aspects of the significance of the father in psychological development, is reviewed. Psychoanalytic and analytical perspectives on the father are considered, with particular reference to the father's role in preoedipal development of the daughter. This is seen to be crucial for the facilitation of differentiation, as well as for psychosexual development and the formation of gender identity. The clinical case study-method is employed to illustrate the impact of the father on a depressed woman's struggle towards separation-individuation. Therapy and dream material, taken from thirty sessions of psychodynamic psychotherapy, which occurred over a period of nine months, are analysed and discussed in relation to the various theoretical positions outlined in the literature. It is concluded that for this patient, the persecutory nature of the negative paternal introject contributes significantly to the patient's inability to resist the regressive pull of symbiosis. In addition, the mother's passivity and dependence, as well as the patient's physical disability, are regarded as exacerbating factors. DA - 1992 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1992 T1 - A clinical case study of some aspects of the significance of the father in the process of separation-individuation TI - A clinical case study of some aspects of the significance of the father in the process of separation-individuation UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13469 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13469
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCooper S. A clinical case study of some aspects of the significance of the father in the process of separation-individuation. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1992 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13469en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleA clinical case study of some aspects of the significance of the father in the process of separation-individuationen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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