Ghost In The Nursery: Article Analysis
Ghost in the Nursery; Repercussions of abuse and neglect in child development and family dynamic
Erika Garcia
Loyola University of Chicago
Jun 22, 2013
Abstract
This paper presents an analysis about the professional social work intervention to Fraiberg article entitled “Ghost in the Nursery; A Psychoanalytical Approach to the Problems of Impaired Infant-Mother Relationships”. This paper addressed the patterns of abuse and neglect and the importance of these factors in the development of an individual’s personality. Additionally, this paper presents the importance of connecting ‘affect’ and ‘effect’ in painful events, the impact of personal strengths, and the social worker’s clinical intervention during …show more content…
Focusing on the article written by Fraiberg, the author does not focus and mention in a deeper way the development stage of the parents in both cases in order to create a better understanding related to the adolescents’ parents’ behavior.
It must be emphasized that most adolescents are ill prepared to be parents. Those adolescents who become parents during adolescence stage of life may report lack of readiness to deal with the responsibility that is involved with parenthood. Both young mothers and young fathers may lack the understanding of proper care and developmental norms for their children and tend to have unrealistic expectation about their children. Thus, adolescent parenthood may be a highly stressful life experience from the teenage years into adulthood (Kiselica, 2008). In consequence, this expands the knowledge in regard to comprehend adolescent parents transitions both as individuals beings and members of a new social group, which is the family. Nevertheless, when the professional approaches and encompasses both psychosocial and biological areas, this leads to a multifaceted intervention, addressing the difficulties and needs assertively. As mental health professionals, we cannot focus only on individual factors, but must focus on all the different factors that a human being encompasses …show more content…
Thus, when the ‘ghosts’ are present in the nursery, parents are unable to connect emotionally with their children, repeating and reviving their own experiences and depositing these patterns onto their children.
However, different lines of research have shown that individuals with a history of abuse and neglect are at greater risk of becoming depressed or experiencing psychotic features (Brown, 1999). It may be difficult to overcome abuse and neglect if they are not properly dealt with. The personal resources, (strengthen and resilience) and clinical interventions (counseling) play an important role toward recovery in order to create insight and awareness in regard the “ghost” and avoid the repetition of maladaptive
Erika Garcia
Loyola University of Chicago
Jun 22, 2013
Abstract
This paper presents an analysis about the professional social work intervention to Fraiberg article entitled “Ghost in the Nursery; A Psychoanalytical Approach to the Problems of Impaired Infant-Mother Relationships”. This paper addressed the patterns of abuse and neglect and the importance of these factors in the development of an individual’s personality. Additionally, this paper presents the importance of connecting ‘affect’ and ‘effect’ in painful events, the impact of personal strengths, and the social worker’s clinical intervention during …show more content…
Focusing on the article written by Fraiberg, the author does not focus and mention in a deeper way the development stage of the parents in both cases in order to create a better understanding related to the adolescents’ parents’ behavior.
It must be emphasized that most adolescents are ill prepared to be parents. Those adolescents who become parents during adolescence stage of life may report lack of readiness to deal with the responsibility that is involved with parenthood. Both young mothers and young fathers may lack the understanding of proper care and developmental norms for their children and tend to have unrealistic expectation about their children. Thus, adolescent parenthood may be a highly stressful life experience from the teenage years into adulthood (Kiselica, 2008). In consequence, this expands the knowledge in regard to comprehend adolescent parents transitions both as individuals beings and members of a new social group, which is the family. Nevertheless, when the professional approaches and encompasses both psychosocial and biological areas, this leads to a multifaceted intervention, addressing the difficulties and needs assertively. As mental health professionals, we cannot focus only on individual factors, but must focus on all the different factors that a human being encompasses …show more content…
Thus, when the ‘ghosts’ are present in the nursery, parents are unable to connect emotionally with their children, repeating and reviving their own experiences and depositing these patterns onto their children.
However, different lines of research have shown that individuals with a history of abuse and neglect are at greater risk of becoming depressed or experiencing psychotic features (Brown, 1999). It may be difficult to overcome abuse and neglect if they are not properly dealt with. The personal resources, (strengthen and resilience) and clinical interventions (counseling) play an important role toward recovery in order to create insight and awareness in regard the “ghost” and avoid the repetition of maladaptive