Melting the darkness
Subtitle: the dyad and principles of clinical practice
By: Warren S. Poland.
Publisher: J. Aronson; Jason Aronson, Inc.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Northvale, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Psychoanalysis.; Psychodynamic psychotherapy.; Psychotherapist and patient.; Psychoanalytic Therapy.; Professional-Patient Relations.; Psychoanalytic Interpretation.
Description: Starting from common experiences in daily clinical practice rather than from favored theory, Warren S. Poland addresses some of the key questions in the field today. Poland's organizing question is why each of the two partners, patient ad therapist, behaves as he or she does, how it is that each is pushed toward merger with the other and simultaneously pulled toward separating self-distinction.

Solidly rooted in appreciation of the power of unconscious forces, Poland integrates new appreciation of intersubjective engagements and interactions with classical concern for exploration of the unconscious.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-304) and index.