Becoming a person through psychoanalysis
By: Neville Symington.
Publisher: Karnac; Routledge; UNKNO
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781855755406
Subjects: Freud, Sigmund, -- 1856-1939; Psychoanalysis; Psychoanalytic interpretation; Psychoanalysis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-354) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. John Klauber : psychoanalyst of the person. John Klauber, independent clinician; title: pt. II. Emotional freedom in the analyst. The patient makes the analyst ; The analyst's act of freedom as agent of therapeutic change ; Phantasy effects that which it represents ; Maturity and interpretation as joint therapeutic agents; title: pt. III. The influence from treating psychopaths and the mentally handicapped. The response aroused by the psychopath ; The origins of rage and aggression ; The psychotherapy of a mentally handicapped patient ; Countertransference with mentally handicapped patients; title: pt. IV. Pilgrimage. Independence of mind : attachment and the British Society ; Migration from the Tavistock : impetus for mental change ; The struggle to achieve independence of mind in the British Psychoanalytical Society; title: pt. V. Papers on narcissism. Narcissism : a reconstructed theory ; Narcissism as trauma preserved ; Corruption of interpretation through narcissism ; The core of narcissism; title: pt. VI. The influence of Wilfred Bion. The influence of Wilfred Bion on my clinical work ; Bion and trauma transformed; title: pt. VI. Psychological understanding of psychoanalytic concepts. Envy : a psychological analysis ; The structure of paranoia ; A theory of communication for psychoanalysis; title: pt. VIII. Epilogue. Self-analysis in flight ; The way forward.