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Skeletons in the closet
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In this article, the authors focus on the concept and the fate of the transgenerational alien transplant as well as the splitting that occurs over time as disavowal takes on different shapes and forms as it courses through the generations.Abstract:
How can familiarity with Ferenczi's theory of trauma help us hear the constraints imposed by family secrets on the traumatized child in the adult who addresses himself to us? We focus our elaboration on the concept and the fate of the trans‐generational alien transplant as well as the splitting that occurs over time as disavowal takes on different shapes and forms as it courses through the generations. In the first generation it takes the shape of an object of negation, in the second, denial and in the third generation, family secrets can be foreclosed. Three clinical vignettes will help us see what may become of these traumatized children summoned to silence and how our own counter‐transference can interact with or against disavowal.read more
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Confusion of tongues between adults and the child
TL;DR: The Confusion of Tongues between Adults and the Child as mentioned in this paper is a classic example of the confusion between adults and children in psychoanalytic work. But it does not consider children.