INDEX

 

abandonment panic; lost child and; splitting and

Agar, H.

assessment of blame

attachment: battered women and; defenses and; development of, toward therapist; fear of wounded self and; illusions of parental love and; increased dependency from neglect and; indulgence of child and; loss of, during abuse; loyalty to bad objects and; need for illusions and; of wounded self to abusive parent; to surrogate parent

 

Celani, D.: The Illusion of Love; The Treatment of the Borderline Personality

confrontation, of failed parents

Conroy, P.: attachment to bad objects and; My Losing Season; testing of the moral defense and

 

Davies, R.,: The Cunning Man

defense mechanisms: collapse of; damage done to relationships in adulthood and; moral; search for hidden meanings and; splitting

dependency needs: as a consequence of deprivation; fixation on depriving parent and; self-centeredness and; sudden decreases in

Du Plessix–Gray, F.

 

emotional conflicts: between love and anger; guilt and

 

Fairbairn, W. R. D.; attachments to bad objects and; moral defense and; repetition compulsion and

Freud, S.; Darwin’s influence and; personality structures and

 

Gay, P.

Goodwin, D.

 

Harrison, K.; anorexia and; attachment to rejecting mother and; emotional deprivation and; moral defense and; Thicker Than Water

hopeful self: anorexia and; defined; illusion of parental love and; in literature; parental stimulation of; symbols of love and; resistance to change and

 

identity: definition of; deprivation and; development of; lack of, in adulthood; maturity and; repair of damage and; therapy for

individuality, destruction and distortion of

integration of split selves; separation from bad object and

 

Klein, M.

Kopp, S.; An End to Innocence; maternal hate and; use of moral defense and

 

Laing, R. D.

Lawson, C.

Leo, J.

 

Miller, A.

Multiple personality disorder

 

Object Relations: theory of; internalization of memories and

 

Porter, K. A., wounded self and

psychoanalysis, models of

psychotherapy: accepting patients dependency needs and; derivatives and; humor and; self-help groups and; techniques of; tolerating abuse from wounded self and; with patients who split

 

Raphael-Leff, J.

repetition compulsion: choice of romantic partner and; defined; reasons for; role of splitting and; unconscious reenactment with son and,

Roosevelt, E.; use of splitting and

 

separation: acceptance of the possibility of; fostered by attachment to therapist; from dysfunctional family in later life; maturity and; reasons for lack of

sexualized object

special interest groups

splitting: confusion and ambivalence and; dynamics of; in adult relationships

 

transference

 

Wilson. P.

wounded self: anorexia and; contrast to healthy self and; desire to reform or punish parent and; development of; dominance in old age; dreams and; dynamics of; fascination with badness of others and; hostility toward authority figures and; intensity of feelings and; neglect and development of; “nice guy” illusion and; reality of memories and; recalibration of from group experience; resistance to change and; repression and; reversal of