Betrayal : Developmental, Literary, and Clinical Realms

Summary: Betrayal underlies all psychic trauma, whether sexual abuse or profound neglect, violence or treachery, extramarital affair or embezzlement. When we betray others, we violate their confidence in us. When others betray us, they pierce the veil of our innocent reliance. Betraying and feeling betrayed are ubiquitous to the scenarios of trauma and yet surprisingly neglected as a topic of specific attention by psychoanalysis. This book fills this gap. The first part deals with developmental aspects and notes that while the experience of betrayal might be ubiquitous in childhood, its lack of recognit.

Record details

ISBN: 1306068584
ISBN: 9781306068581
ISBN: 1782411321
ISBN: 9781782411321
Physical Description: 1 online resource (249 pages)
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Publisher: London : Karnac Books, 2013.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	CHAPTER EIGHT Sexual abuse of children as the betrayal of a sacred trustCHAPTER NINE The extramarital affair and the betrayal of a spouse; CHAPTER TEN The injured bystander in analytic betrayal; REFERENCES; INDEX.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.