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Index
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
FOREWORD
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Emotional Deadness
Chapter 1
THE FANTASY BOND
THE CONCEPT OF “LOVE-FOOD”
DETERMINANTS OF THE FANTASY BOND
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INADEQUATE MOTHER AS CONTRASTED WITH THOSE OF THE “GOOD MOTHER”
PSEUDO-INDEPENDENCE AND THE PROCESS OF INCORPORATION
THE FANTASY BOND IN THE ADULT
DEFENSES AGAINST THREATS TO THE PRIMARY FANTASY BOND
REACTIONS TO POSITIVE EXPERIENCES
JOANNE
CONCLUSION
Chapter 2
HUNGER VERSUS LOVE
THE FANTASY BOND AND THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY
CAROL
HUNGER AND THE MYTH OF FAMILY LOVE
THE OPERATIONS OF LOVE
HUNGER AND OVERPROTECTION
Chapter 3
COUPLE AND FAMILY BONDS
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COUPLE BOND
SYMPTOMS OF A COUPLE BOND
OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF A BOND
FAMILY BONDS
COMMUNICATION IN COUPLE AND FAMILY BONDS
CONCLUSION
Chapter 4
ORGANIZATION OF THE DEFENSIVE PROCESS
THE PRIMARY DEFENSE
SECONDARY DEFENSES
RECAPITULATING THE PAST
THE BASIC COMPONENTS OF THE DEFENSE SYSTEM
PROCESSES THAT BREAK INTO THE PRIMARY FANTASY BOND
CONCLUSION
Chapter 5
IDEALIZATION OF THE FAMILY
ORIGIN OF THE IDEALIZATION OF THE PARENTS
THE EFFECT OF CHALLENGING THE IDEALIZED IMAGE OF PARENTS AND FAMILY
THE ESSENTIAL DIVISION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
THE FALSE SUPERIORITY OF THE FAMILY
THE IDEALIZATION OF SUBSTITUTE PARENTAL FIGURES
THE GOOD MOTHER/BAD FATHER
RESISTANCE TO BREAKING THE IDEALIZATION OF THE PARENT
IMPLICATIONS FOR THERAPY
Chapter 6
THE NEGATIVE SELF-CONCEPT
THE INNER VOICE—THE LANGUAGE OF THE DEFENSIVE PROCESS
THE VOICE AS DISTINGUISHED FROM A “CONSCIENCE”
HOW THE “VOICE” CONTRIBUTES TO THE FORMATION OF THE NEGATIVE SELF-CONCEPT
ORIGINS OF THE NEGATIVE SELF-IMAGE
DETERMINANTS OF THE NEGATIVE SELF-CONCEPT
IMITATION OF NEGATIVE PARENTAL TRAITS
COMPENSATION PERPETUATES THE NEGATIVE SELF-CONCEPT
RESISTANCE TO CHANGING THE NEGATIVE SELF-CONCEPT
Chapter 7
DISPLACEMENT OF NEGATIVE PARENTAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VICTIMIZED OR PARANOID APPROACH TO LIFE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTORTED VIEWS OF OTHERS
PASSIVITY AND THE PARANOID PROCESS
SEVERE PARANOID STATES
THE ROLE OF THE VOICE IN PARANOID THINKING
STEREOTYPIC THINKING
CONCLUSION
Chapter 8
INWARDNESS AND THE LOSS OF FEELING
THE VOICE’S ROLE IN CUTTING OFF FEELINGS
SUPPRESSION OF PAIN AND THE PROTECTION OF THE FAMILY
THE EFFECTS OF SUPPRESSING PAIN
THE INWARD STATE AND FANTASY
BREAKING BONDS—DISTURBING THE EQUILIBRIUM OF AN INWARD LIFE STYLE
IMPERSONAL VS. PERSONAL RELATING
INWARDNESS AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO WITHHOLDING
Chapter 9
WITHHOLDING
WITHHOLDING AND FANTASY GRATIFICATION
HOSTILE WITHHOLDING
THE ROLE OF THE “VOICE” IN WITHHOLDING
AN ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF WITHHOLDING
WOMEN’S COMPULSION TO IMITATE THE WITHHOLDING MOTHER
THE EFFECT OF WITHHOLDING ON MALE CHILDREN
SEXUAL WITHHOLDING
SEXUAL WITHHOLDING IN MEN
THE EFFECT OF SEXUAL WITHHOLDING ON THE MAN
JEALOUSY AND WITHHOLDING
DYNAMICS OF WITHHOLDING IN RELATIONSHIPS
CONCLUSION
Chapter 10
SELF-NOURISHING HABITS AND PAINKILLERS
DEVELOPMENT OF HABITUAL SELF-FEEDING PATTERNS
ADDICTION TO PHYSICAL SUBSTANCES
ADDICTION TO ROUTINES AND HABITUAL RESPONSES
SELF-DESTRUCTIVE USE OF PRIVATE, ISOLATED TIME
RATIONALIZING SELF-NOURISHING HABIT PATTERNS
A BOND AS AN ADDICTION TO ANOTHER PERSON
CONCLUSION
Chapter 11
SEPARATION, REGRESSION, AND FUSION
SEPARATION
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF INDIVIDUATION AND SEPARATION
EMOTIONAL REACTIONS TO SEPARATION
REGRESSION AND FUSION
HELMUTH KAISER—FUSION-DELUSION
SYMPTOMS OF REGRESSION AND THE FUSED STATE
REGRESSIONS TYPICAL OF SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES
THE BIPOLAR CAUSALITY OF REGRESSION
REGRESSION DUE TO ACHIEVEMENT OR SUCCESS
HOLDING ON TO THE “INNER CHILD”
BECOMING A PARENT AND SUBSEQUENT REGRESSION
CONCLUSION
Chapter 12
PSYCHOSIS
STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUTHOR’S CONCEPTION OF THE SCHIZOPHRENIC PROCESS
THE ROLE OF FANTASY IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
DIMENSIONS OF THE SELF-MOTHERING PROCESS
THE SELF-PARENTING ASPECT OF HALLUCINATION
THE CONCEPT OF THE PERVERSE MOTHER IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE “MALEVOLENT” MOTHER
THE CONCEPT OF LOVE-FOOD
ANXIETY AND THE CENTRAL CONFLICT
QUALITATIVE CHANGES IN THE SCHIZOPHRENIC REGRESSION
PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS
CONCLUSION
Chapter 13
SEXUALITY
THE ORAL BASIS OF SEXUALITY
INCEST IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
HOMOSEXUALITY AND CONFUSED SEXUAL IDENTIFICATION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
THE ORAL BASIS OF SEXUALITY IN THE NEUROTIC OR “NORMAL” PERSON
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEXUAL IDENTITY IN THE NORMAL INDIVIDUAL
ADULT EXPRESSIONS OF SEXUALITY
CONCLUSION
Chapter 14
SOCIETY AND CONVENTIONALITY
DISTORTIONS OF CONVENTIONAL VALUES AS RATIONALIZATIONS FOR SELF-DENIAL
THE IMPROBABILITY OF PARENTS LOVING THEIR CHILDREN DESPITE THEIR GOOD INTENTIONS
CONVENTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT SUPPORT THE “VOICE”
TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS VIEWS OF THE BODY AND SEXUALITY
CONVENTIONAL VIEWS ABOUT THE FAMILY THAT SUPPORT DEFENSES
THE MIXED MESSAGES OF SOCIETY
CONCLUSION
Chapter 15
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL DEFENSES AGAINST DEATH ANXIETY
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEPARATION ANXIETY AND DEATH ANXIETY
STAGES IN THE CHILD’S DISCOVERY OF DEATH
SYMPTOMS OF DENIAL AND REPRESSION OF AN AWARENESS OF DEATH IN CHILDREN
SYMPTOMS OF CHILDREN’S UNDERLYING CONCERN ABOUT DEATH
HOW THE DEFENSIVE PROCESS WORKS AS A PROTECTION AGAINST DEATH ANXIETY
CONCLUSION
Chapter 16
CONVENTIONAL DEFENSES AGAINST DEATH ANXIETY
I. “MATURITY”—ULTIMATE SELF-DENIAL OR PARTIAL SUICIDE
II. RELIGION—HOPE OF LIFE AFTER DEATH
III. NATIONALISM AND TOTALITARIANISM—IMMORTALITY THROUGH A CAUSE
IV. COUPLE BONDS—ADDICTION TO THE OTHER AS AN ULTIMATE RESCUER
V. GENE SURVIVAL—IMMORTALITY THROUCH ONE’S CHILDREN
VI. CREATIVITY—”THE BURDEN OF GENIUS”
CONCLUSION
Chapter 17
PSYCHOTHERAPY OVERVIEW
THEORY OF RESISTANCE
FEELING RELEASE THERAPY
Chapter 18
VOICE THERAPY
BRIEF-REVIEW OF THE CONCEPT OF THE VOICE
DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGY
METHODS FOR ELICITING THE VOICE
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS FROM VOICE THERAPY
Chapter 19
CORRECTIVE SUGGESTIONS
1. BREAKING SELF-FEEDING HABITS AND DEPENDENCY BEHAVIORS
2. BREAKING INTO THE PATIENT’S INWARDNESS AND INVOLVEMENT IN FANTASY
3. CONTROLLING PROVOKING BEHAVIOR AND INTERFERING WITH WITHHOLDING PATTERNS
4. SUGGESTIONS FOR DISRUPTING BONDS
5. SUGGESTIONS FOR EXPLORING A NEW IDENTITY AND OVERCOMING FEARS
CONCLUSION
Chapter 20
THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY
DIMENSIONS OF THE COMMUNITY
Chapter 21
POINT OF VIEW
1. MOTIVATIONAL DISHONESTY: PEOPLE DON’T WANT WHAT THEY SAY THEY WANT
2. THE DUPLICITY OF COUPLES IN A BOND
3. WITHHOLDING
4. MANIPULATIONS THROUGH GUILT AND ANGER
5. THE INEVITABLE DESTRUCTIVENESS OF DEFENSES
6. CONCLUSIONS ABOUT MEN, WOMEN, AND SEX THAT CONTRADICT POPULAR MYTHS AND SEXUAL STEREOTYPES
7. THE DESTRUCTIVENESS OF CONVENTIONALITY
8. APPLICATION OF THEORY TO CHILD REARING
9. THE THERAPEUTIC VALUE OF FRIENDSHIP
10. EXISTENTIAL ISSUES
SUMMARY OF THEORY OF RESISTANCE
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