MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS - THE DIFFICULT BAL ANCE

The relationship between mothers and daughters is portrayed in the lig ht of selected key points, whereby the difficult process between ident ification with the mother and differentiation from the mother serves a s a guideline, In a synopsis, development and entanglement in various periods of life, rapprochement, the Oedipus complex, adolescence with regard to autonomous and sexual attainment are discussed, Particular a ttention is paid to the identification and projective processes taking place between mother and daughter, which lead to a handing down of ce rtain mother-daughter conflicts from generation to generation.