The third volume in the Practice of Psychotherap series, "Elusive
Elements in Practice," brings together a collection of papers
examining the ideas and theories more commonly regarded as
off-centre, or indeed elusive, in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The
papers in this volume concentrate on the religious and spiritual
dimensions of the therapeutic encounter, the "aesthetic
experience," creativity, and mysticism. These "moments of
relatedness," or meetings of minds, are discussed and examined with
the help of clinical examples. This is an innovative collection
that demonstrates that the theories and experiences on the margins
of practice can further develop our ultimate understanding of the
entire process."'[psychotherapists] tend to agree on what is just
too eccentric and is to be regarded with reserve and suspicion.
These ideas are left on the margins and, getting less attention,
they are more elusive. They will not get concentrated consideration
either in the consulting room or in the study. This is one reason
why they are more elusive. But such neglect may cause potentially
good ideas to be lost, as well as ridiculous ones." -- From the
Introduction"The therapeutic elements this collection deals with
may be elusive, but they are also eminently practical. Steven
Mendoza (following Bion) writes on 'faith', Josephine Klein on the
importance of true 'recognition' for the patient; others write on
the consequences of the baby's experience of the mother's beauty.
These therapists venture to look into a more affirmative territory,
most of it impeccably psychoanalytic but hitherto obscured,
perhaps, by Freud's celebrated pessimism. The result is a
courageous and original collection of papers, which offer a great
deal of 'food for thought'." -- David M. Black, British
Psycho-Analytical SocietyContributors include Patricia Allen,
Bernardine Bishop, Faye Carey, Nathan Field, Angela Foster,
Josephine Klein, Steven Mendoza, Victoria O'Connell
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