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Thoughts on representation in therapy of Holocaust survivors.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20002821     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This paper presents the problems of representation and lack of representation in treating Holocaust survivors, through clinical vignettes and various theoreticians. The years of Nazi persecution and murder brought about a destruction of symbolization and turning inner and external reality into the Thing itself, the concrete, or, in Lacan's words, 'The Thing'. The paper presents two ideas related to praxis as well as theory in treating Holocaust survivors: the first is related to the therapist's treatment of the Holocaust nightmare expressing the traumatic events just as they happened 63 years previously; the second deals with the attempt at subjectification, in contrast to the objectification forced by the Nazis on their victims.
Authors:
Yael Moore
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The International journal of psycho-analysis     Volume:  90     ISSN:  0020-7578     ISO Abbreviation:  Int J Psychoanal     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-12-16     Completed Date:  2010-03-19     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985179R     Medline TA:  Int J Psychoanal     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1373-91     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Bilu Street 2/5, Tel-Aviv 65222, Israel. moyael@bezeqint.net
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Dreams
Freudian Theory
Holocaust / psychology*
Humans
Jews / psychology*
Life Change Events*
Male
Psychoanalytic Interpretation
Psychoanalytic Therapy / methods*
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology,  therapy*
Survivors / psychology*

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