Goetz Egloff

Psychoanalysis Cognitive Psychology Literary Theory

Epicurus a "Greek Philosopher" argued that death is a good thing for a person who is deprived of good things in life such as social justice, employment and education. Shally Kagan accepted the philosophy of Epicurus in his death book, though, he provides a solution. He said in his book that bad things in life can be mitigated with psychological fac...

In einer Leistungsgesellschaft wie unserer ist der Druck, vor allem auch auf Frauen, sehr hoch. Da wird das ureigenene Bedürfnis eines Kinderwunsches durchaus auch einmal "begraben". Dadurch können, wie am Beispiel dreier Patientinnen, Symptome auftreten, die erst einmal nicht darauf hindeuten, sondern erst nach einiger Zeit ins Bewusstsein stoßen....

Violence has its roots in many factors. Structured interventions for children can be useful when it comes to building emotional competencies. Self-regulation of negative emotions, impulse control, and empathy are important competencies to be achieved in order to prevent violence. The 'Faustlos' ('No Fists') program, which was designed to learn how...

Ahab, the notorious captain of the Pequod in Herman Melville's 1851 novel, Moby-Dick, is put in relation with King Lear, the desperate old regent from William Shakespeare's eponymous play published in 1608. Its main character, apart from Macbeth, is considered to have had deep influence on Melville, especially in creating the character of Ahab. Wha...

Introduction What ties Ahab, the notorious captain of the Pequod in Herman Melville's 1851 novel, Moby-Dick, to King Lear, the desperate old regent from William Shakespeare's eponymous play published in 1608, is not only their overabundant quest for meaning, or their obsession with pursuing their targets, but their idiosyncratic experiencing of the...

Psychiatry, psychoanalysis and infant mental health research of the last decades have led to intervention concepts for pre- and postnatal stages of human development. Such concepts reach from how parents-to-be can be prepared for parenthood to how to intervene in support of relation and attachment in infants, toddlers and older children. Especially...

Egloff G Januar | 2017 CO.med Partnertausch Die persönliche Erfahrung einer Patientin und die deutsch-deutsche Vergangenheit Götz Egloff Konkrete sozio-kulturelle Lebensverhältnisse können psychische Störungen ebenso bedingen, auslösen und beeinflussen wie auch frühkindliche Erfahrungen die Grundlage dafür bilden. Für Psychotherapie und Psychosomat...

In order to prevent the development of psychopathology symptoms in individuals psychiatry, psychoanalysis, and infant mental health research have conceptualized early intervention approaches. Since especially the postnatal relationship between baby and mother/father has been examined extensively in the last decades, some progress has been accomplis...

In political issues, there is an inclination to conceptualizing man in terms of behavioral theories due to both the western and the eastern heritage of the Cold War era. As not only psychoanalysis is able to show, behavioral categories alone cannot serve as a backdrop for a rationale of societal phenomena. Instead, taking into account of irrational...

The essay highlights aspects of ideology and of emancipation issues in Maria Susanna Cummins´novelCummins´novel, The Lamplighter, published in 1854. Being a domestic, or sentimental, novel it reached a wide range of readers, as did many of contemporary female authors referred to as literary domestics. Though simply structured, The Lamplighter carri...

Schwangerschaftshypertonie in einem psychosomatischen Kontext G Egloff 1  1 Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Praxis für Psychotherapie und Psychoanalyse, Mannheim, Deutschland  Kongressbeitrag Fragestellung: Geschildert wird der Fall einer 22-jährigen Patientin, die im dritten Jahr einer psychoanalytischen Behandlung ungewollt schwanger wird und...

In a globalized world, terrorism will be the issue of forthcoming decades. Yet, the obvious idea of fighting terrorism by stepping on public security measures might lead astray. In the first instance, an integrative approach of psychological, sociological and anthropological concepts is necessary in order to meet the dimensions of the global terror...

In a globalized world, terrorism will be the issue of forthcoming decades. Yet, the obvious idea of fighting terrorism by stepping on public security measures might lead astray. In the first instance, an integrative approach of psychological, sociological and anthropological concepts is necessary in order to meet the dimensions of the global terror...

At first, the research project on Bulimia nervosa 2007-2010 at University of Heidelberg is outlined, giving insight into the psychodynamic conceptualization of psychic development and symptoms. Then, aspects of oedipal guilt are highlighted in a case vignette of an 18-year-old female bulimic patient. Some leads at mass society’ influence on the way...