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Fearful Symmetry: The Development and Treatment of Sadomasochism

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Fearful Symmetry: The Development and Treatment of Sadomasochism - Novick, Jack, and Novick, Kerry Kelly
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Using data from infant observation, and child, adolescent, and adult analyses, the Novicks explicate a multidimensional, developmental theory of sadomasochism that has been recognized as a major innovation. According to the Novicks, each phase of development contributes to the clinical manifestations of sadomasochism. Painful experiences in infancy are transformed into a mode of attachment, then into an embraced marker of specialness and unlimited destructive power, then into a conviction of equality with oedipal parents, ...

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Fearful Symmetry: The Development and Treatment of Sadomasochism 2007, Jason Aronson, Lanham, MD

ISBN-13: 9780765705440

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Fearful Symmetry: The Development and Treatment of Sadomasochism 1977, Jason Aronson

ISBN-13: 9781568216522

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