Critical Psychophysical Passages in the Life of a Woman

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg

      Pages 1-2

3. Early Developmental Themes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3

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   2. Psychohistorical Reflections on Changing Body Images for Women

      • Alice Eichholz

      Pages 5-15

   3. Early Female Development

      • Dale Mendell

      Pages 17-36

   4. Reflections on the Daughter as a Projective Screen

      • Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg

      Pages 37-48

   5. The Father’s Role in the Self-Development of His Daughter

      • Susan Adler Kavaler

      Pages 49-65

4. Female Passages of the Body-Self

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. Menarche and Menstruation

      • Sue A. Shapiro

      Pages 69-91

   3. Motivations for Motherhood and the Nature of the Self—Object Tie

      • Leanne Domash

      Pages 93-101

   4. Psychoanalytic Aspects of Pregnancy

      • Roni O. Cohen

      Pages 103-120

5. From Body-Self to Other

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Psychology of Childbirth

      • Naomi Berne

      Pages 123-131

   3. The Postpartum Period

      • Leanne Domash

      Pages 133-145

   4. The Nursing Experience

      • Mary Beth M. Cresci

      Pages 147-161

   5. Emotional Aspects of Pregnancy and Childbirth

      • David Kliot

      Pages 163-180

6. Later Developmental Themes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181

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   2. A Study of Menopausal Women in Analytic Treatment

      • Dale Mendell

      Pages 183-197

   3. Menopause

      • Ruth Formanek

      Pages 199-214

7. Twentieth Century Female Issues and Problems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215

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After the birth of my second son some 11 years ago, I was painfully torn by the timing of my reentry to work-my wish to return to a prestigious and stimulating position as chief psychologist of a large agency, or my equally powerful wish to enjoy fully my beautiful new son's infancy, undivided and untorn. At the time I had a dream that my body was cut in half at the waist-my head leaned to the books neatly contained on the library shelves; my belly went to the crib, all sweet-smelling and soft. Not having had the opportunity to be "un­ divided" with my first son (now 17 years old), I chose to resign my agency position and stay home as long as I wished and then develop my private practice. It was a decision that at the time entailed much loss-cerebral, collegial, social, pres­ tigious-and generated some self-doubt, but in retrospect it is not regretted and was perhaps wise. This son's infancy will always be remembered as a time in which I experienced mothering with ease and grace.

• Emotion
• Image
• Othering
• nature
• psychodynamics

• The Psychoanalytic Society of the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, New York, USA

  Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg

• Brooklyn Institute for Psychotherapy, Brooklyn, USA

  Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg

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