# Father Absence [[Fatherhood]] [[Father Absence]] [[father hunger]] #father_hunger Implication of absent father figure to the development of individuals. Curiosities - How does this impact clinical presentation - what are the usual problems presented in clients? - How to intervene and help? - Societal impact, cultural.. - ?What does having a "daddy issue" mean? [[202202061013 Book Note for Father Hunger (James Herzog)]] - reflection from the book: - Impact of divorce on children psychologically. - Systemic perspective, there is function of illness to hold system together, however, when couple inevitably separates, what to do to help individuals? - What is pre-Oedipal or Oedipal phase? [[020.100 Psychodynamic Psychotherapy MOC]] - Common dreams - The use of play, fantasy, doll house to elicit child fantasy. - The self of therapist, to be "steady" and tolerate or hold projections