title: Rivers of milk and honey--an exploration of nurturing the self in a Russian context.
abstract: This paper is an exploration of the relationship between nurturing in all its contexts--among them, the nursing couple and the therapeutic relationship--and the evolution of an individual self. The ideas are illustrated by a case vignette of a Russian patient. An attempt is made to show that when the self as an integral unity of body and soul is addressed in the analytic setting, 'nutritional dreams' emerge as expressions of the self-in-action. Certain psycholinguistic features of the Russian cultural context are described which suggest a link of meaning between development of the self and secure parenting. This linguistic association may facilitate the process of self-centering.
authors.affiliation: Tula, Russia.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bortuleva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004325:Dreams / Q000523:psychology*; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007602:Jungian Theory; D012426:Russia
keywords: Axe moi-soi; Erfahrung des Selbstseins; Erziehung und Beziehungen; Expériences d'individualité; Ich-Selbst-Achse; Mots russes associés au soi; Palabras rusas asociadas con el sí mismo; Relations nourricières; Russian words associated with the self; Soi; asse ego-se; das Selbst; ego-self axis; eje ego-Sí Mismo; el Sí Mismo; esperienze di un Se contenitore; experiences of selfhood; experiencias de sentirse uno mismo; il Se; nurturing relationships; parole Russe associate con il Se; relaciones nutricias; relazione di nutrimento; russische Wörter assoziiert mit dem Selbst; the Self; Самость; опыты индивидуализации; ось эго-самости; питающие отношения; русские слова, ассоциирующиеся с самостью