4. Self and dyadic expansion of consciousness, meaning-making, open systems, and the experience of pleasure

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents IX
3. 1. Preface: The “normal” complexities of coming into the world 1
4. 2. Let children speak 3
5. 3. Modern reproductive medicine and the definition of parenthood: Praeter Naturam 5
6. 4. Self and dyadic expansion of consciousness, meaning-making, open systems, and the experience of pleasure 13
7. 5. Birth: Between medical and human science 25
8. 6. Intentional attunement: Mirror neurons, inter-subjectivity, and autism 45
9. 7. Becoming a parent: What parental writings teach us 65
10. 8. The interior experience of maternity 85
11. 9. Transition to fatherhood 103
12. 10. The psychosomatic approach to contraceptive choice 115
13. 11. Counselling for infertility and its treatment 123
14. 12. The maternal and paternal experience between sterility and procreation 137
15. 13. Integrative functions of the brain and origins of fetal psychism: Some theoretical and clinical reflections 161
16. 14. Death and birth 177
17. 15. Prenatal counseling 185
18. 16. ‘Care’ in neonatal intensive therapy 193
19. 17. Neurological development assessment of the newborn 199
20. 18. Subjective perspectives on the maternity experience – A qualitative analysis 215
21. 19a. Reciprocity and psychic growth: The neglect of neglect 233
22. 19b. Psychic growth and reciprocity: Psychoanalytical infant observation and socio-cultural factors 243
23. 20. The complexity of birth: The Cesarean section 253
24. 21. From foster care to parent training – The emergence of a socio-educative approach to ‘parentality’ 285
25. 22. Migration, a risk for identity? 301
26. 23. Scenarios of pregnancy and birth in immigrant families 311
27. 24. Family preparations for birth 331
28. 25. Physiological pain, pathological pain, iatrogenic pain: The quality of pain and women’s experience 341
29. 26. Low risk delivery today 357