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Analytic work concerning motherhood

J Rappaport

    Psychoanalytic Review
    |January 1, 1994
    PubMed
    Summary
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    Psychoanalytic therapy during pregnancy helps patients solidify their sense of self and maternal ego ideal. This case study shows how pregnancy and loss facilitated deeper therapeutic work and boundary establishment.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Psychoanalysis
    • Developmental Psychology

    Background:

    • Examines intrapsychic development during pregnancy in a patient undergoing psychoanalysis.
    • Focuses on a patient in her seventh year of analysis with a developing sense of self.

    Observation:

    • Pregnancy and a prior miscarriage triggered significant emotional processing and therapeutic engagement.
    • The patient experienced disequilibrium, leading to affective reworking of connections and strengthened therapeutic conviction.

    Findings:

    • The patient re-established personal boundaries, shifting from a dependent role to a nurturing one for her child.
    • Analysis facilitated the patient's identification with admired qualities and the formation of her maternal ego ideal.

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    Implications:

    • Psychoanalysis during pregnancy is invaluable for patients with a newly acquired sense of self.
    • Therapy enabled the patient to internalize supportive therapeutic relationships and project them onto her maternal role.