2002 Volume 7 Issue 2 Pages 180-186
A mother who come for consultation about her child gave me some ideas about mother-infant interaction. A mother's problems are often connected with those of the child. C. G. Jung said that a mother and her daughter have a common image. Some Psychoanalysts, especially, maintain that the image of the daughter which the mother has affects the mother-infant interaction. This case is that of a mother who came for consultation about her daughter' s school withdrawal. She had some sexual traumas in her infancy, so she felt anxiety and had difficulty relating to man. Her trauma went from bad to worse, because her parents didn't notice her injury. She reported many dreams about a wounded child. These images represented her injuries from her infancy. As the child in her dreams gradually healed, she gained self-confidence. At the same time, her daughter was able to return to school.
