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Convex and concave, part 2: images of emptiness in men

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The effects of an absent or extremely distant parent on a young child are lasting and pervasive. Upon reaching adulthood, men are vulnerable to internal feelings of emptiness from their lack of parental attention resulting in failed attempts to find meaning and nurturance in the external world.

Causes of, Interpersonal relations, Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Attachment (Psychology), Bonding (Psychology), Transference (Psychology), Apathy, Parental deprivation

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Auto-sensuous shapes: prototypes for creative forms

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A psychologist needs use their own experience with the meaning of symbolism and the use of symbols to have empathy for their client. The nature of the formation of symbollic meaning is examined.

Social aspects, Usage, Practice, Creative ability, Creativity, Empathy, Symbolism, Psychologists, Symbolic interactionism

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Images of emptiness in women

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Images of emptiness in women are discussed, based on psychoanalytic case studies. Differences and similarities between men's and women's experiences of emptiness are also considered.

Women, Sex differences (Psychology)

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