Ellen Toronto
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Past articles by Ellen:
The “Motherhood Constellation”
In my article (Toronto, 1999. The Application of Therapists' Maternal Capacity in Prerepresentational Body-Based Transference and Countertransference. → Read More
Mother’s Stored Memories
In my article (Toronto, 1999. The Application of Therapists' Maternal Capacity in Prerepresentational Body-Based Transference and Countertransference. → Read More
The Inner Life of “Mother”
In my article (Toronto, 1999. The Application of Therapists' Maternal Capacity in Prerepresentational Body-Based Transference and Countertransference. → Read More
Protected: The Bible Weaponized: The Soul Weeps
The sight of the President of the United States standing in front of a church and holding a Bible aloft while simultaneously ordering a brutal police assault on a crowd of nonviolent protesters brings to my mind the reality of the desecration of the human... → Read More
A Safe Space for Emotional Growth
In previous posts, I have been discussing the ways in which psychoanalytic therapists function in ways that a mother would as she endeavors to foster the → Read More
The Therapeutic Holding Environment
So much development occurs before an infant has language. We have learned that significant developmental arrests can occur during this time if the mother is → Read More
The “Maternal Capacity” of Therapists
Our understanding of the early mother/child relationship has been greatly expanded by the explosion of research which has revolutionized our view of the infant. → Read More
The Coronavirus: Cutting the Internet Down to Size
As I review my article about the pros and cons of Internet use and the ways in which it can circumvent genuine emotion and the vicissitudes of ongoing → Read More
The Internet as “Escape Hatch”
In my article Time Out of Mind (Toronto, Ellen L. K. 2009. Time Out of Mind: Dissociation in the Virtual World. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2) 117-133), I → Read More
When The Internet Provides “Parenting”
In my article Time Out of Mind (Toronto, Ellen L. K. 2009. Time Out of Mind: Dissociation in the Virtual World. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2) 117-133), I → Read More
When the Internet Becomes Personal
In my article Time Out of Mind (Toronto, Ellen L. K. 2009. Time Out of Mind: Dissociation in the Virtual World. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2) 117-133), I talk about Casey’s reaction to external events that have conspired to make her work... → Read More
“I don’t like having feelings. It’s Upsetting!”
In my article Time Out of Mind (Toronto, Ellen L. K. (2009). Time Out of Mind: Dissociation in the Virtual World. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2) 117-133), I → Read More
Internet “Feelings”: Are They “Real?”
In my article Time Out of Mind (Toronto, Ellen L. K. (2009). Time Out of Mind: Dissociation in the Virtual World. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2) 117-133), I present the treatment of Casey and the “house” people. In her professional... → Read More
Professional Contact with Internet Predators
In my article Time Out of Mind (Toronto, Ellen L. K. (2009). Time Out of Mind: Dissociation in the Virtual World. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2) 117-133), I → Read More
Casey and the “House People”
In my article Time Out of Mind (Toronto, Ellen L. K. (2009). Time Out of Mind: Dissociation in the Virtual World. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2) 117-133) I also present the case of a young woman who has cordoned off her own terrifying experiences... → Read More
Timmy in ToonTown: A Tragic Tale
In my article Time Out of Mind (Toronto, Ellen L. K. (2009). Time Out of Mind: Dissociation in the Virtual World. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2) 117-133) I → Read More
Timmy: The Boy Who Lived in Toontown
In my article Time Out of Mind (Toronto, Ellen L. K. (2009). Time Out of Mind: Dissociation in the Virtual World. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2) 117-133. ) I discuss excessive involvement with Internet use as a means of coping with unbearable trauma... → Read More
Back to Reality
In my article Time Out of Mind (Toronto, Ellen L. K. (2009). Time Out of Mind: Dissociation in the Virtual World. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2) 117-133. ), → Read More
Internet Fantasy as “Repackaged Reality”
In my article Time Out of Mind, (Toronto, Ellen L. K. (2009). Time Out of Mind: Dissociation in the Virtual World. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2) 117-133. ), I talk about the ways in which internet fantasy becomes so “real” that it... → Read More
When Internet Fantasy Forecloses Reality
In my article Time Out of Mind, (Toronto, Ellen L. K. (2009). Time Out of Mind: Dissociation in the Virtual World. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 26 (2) 117-133. ), I discuss the ways in which excessive internet use can affect in unwanted ways the interpersonal... → Read More