The Mark of the Decanting and the Brick Mother Report

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ID21374530
AuthorsCoralie Trotter (Coralie Trotter, 51C French Lane, Morningside, Sandton, Johannesburg, 2196, South Africa), Bruce Laing (Psychoanalytical Association), Ntshediseng Tlooko (Counseling Center)
Year2023
Volume110
Issue1
Pages49-78
Publication date2023-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Psychoanalytic Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2836 • E-ISSN: 1943-3301
PublisherGuilford Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1521/prev.2023.110.1.49
PMID36856481
OpenAlexW4322719111
LanguageEN
References cited34

The authors explore the value of using psychoanalysis in a community and a social justice setting. A so-called Mental Health Marathon Project in South Africa left human wreckage in its wake. Psychoanalysis, as a conjunction between ordinary human interaction and psychoanalytic awareness (Parsons, 2007), provided a way of thinking and intervening in this context so that the families were provided with holding and containment, but forensic goals were also achieved in the form of an expert report. This document, named the “Brick Mother Report” (Steiner, as cited in Rey, 1994), attempts to make psychological sense of the impact of the Marathon Project

Archaeology · Conjunction (astronomy) · Context (archaeology) · Criminology · Economic Justice · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Social justice · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Child Therapy and Development · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · History · Law · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

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