{"product_id":"the-mind-object-precocity-and-pathology-of-selfsufficiency","title":"The Mind Object: Precocity and Pathology of Self-Sufficiency","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow to Help People Who Have Only Their Minds to Love  Can a person relate to his or her own mind as an object  depend upon it to the exclusion of other objects  idealize it  fear it  hate it? Can a person live out a life striving to attain the elusive power of the minds perfection  yielding to its promise while sacrificing the bodys truth?  Winnicott was the first to describe how very early in life an individual can  in response to environmental failure  turn away from the body and its needs and establish \"mental functioning as a thing in itself.\" Winnicotts elusive term  the mind-psyche  describes a subtle  yet fundamentally violent split in which the mind negates the role of the body  its feelings and functions  as the source of creative living. Later  Masud Khan elaborated on Winnicotts notions. This exciting book extends Winnicotts and Khans ideas to introduce the concept of the mind object  a term that signifies the central dissociation of the mind separated from the body  as well as underscores its function.  When the mind takes on a life of its own  it becomes an objectseparate  as it were  from the self. And because it is an object that originates as a substitute for maternal care  it becomes an object of intense attachment  turned to for security  solace  and gratification. Having achieved the status of an independent object  the mind also can turn on the self  attacking  demeaning  and persecuting the individual. Once this object relationship is established  it organizes the self  providing an aura of omnipotence. However  this precocious  schizoid solution is an illusion  vulnerable to breakdown and its associated anxieties.  Making a unique contribution  The Mind Object explores the dangers of knowing too muchthe lure of the intellectfor the patient as well as for the therapist. The authors illuminate the complex pathological consequences that result from precocious solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946876465205,"sku":"ByrdShop_1568214804","price":92.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781568214801.jpg?v=1769970159","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-mind-object-precocity-and-pathology-of-selfsufficiency","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}