(1964). Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 19:377-397 Death of a Six-Year-Old's Mother During his Analysis Billy was just past six when he began his analysis. Two weeks later his mother had a recurrence of the malignancy which had necessitated a radical mastectomy the year before. Her disease ran an extremely rapid course, and she died within three and a half months. This report covers the first seven months of Billy's analysis and is intended to focus on the technical problems raised by the unfolding of this tragedy. The material will be presented chronologically, the problems discussed at the points at which they arose. The work of the three months after the mother's death is included to follow Billy into the beginning of his mourning. Billy first came to the Hanna Perkins School (A. Katan, 1959) at age four and a half because of persistent enuresis, finger sucking, and teasing his brothers five and seven years older. Two years of treatment by way of the mother (E. Furman, 1957), which began six months before he started school, was carried out by Miss Marion Barnes. It was m [This is a summary or excerpt from the full text of the book or article. The full text of the document is available to subscribers.] |
