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The African American Experience: Psychoanalytic Perspectives edited
by Salman Akhtar brings together the contributions of distinguished
mental health professionals and scholars of humanities to offer a
multifaceted perspective on the transgenerational trauma of
slavery, the hardship of single parent families, the ruthlessness
of anti-black racism, and the crushing burden of poverty and social
disenfranchisement on the African American individual. The book
also sheds light on the resilience of spirit, the dignity of
perseverance, and the glow of talent that is widespread in this
group. It contains penetrating and informative biographical essays
on Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Mohammad Ali, Barack Obama,
and Oprah Winfrey. Such discourse on human greatness is balanced by
the considerations of daily joy and anguish on clinical and
societal levels. This wide-ranging and nuanced volume on the
history, culture, and psychosocial struggles of African American
people fills an important gap in the literature on psychotherapy
and psychoanalysis.
The Mother and Her Child: Clinical Aspects of Attachment,
Separation, and Loss, edited by Salman Akhtar, focuses upon the
formation of an individual's self in the crucible of the early
mother-child relationship. Bringing together contributions from
distinguished psychoanalysts and child observational researchers,
it elucidates the nuances of mothering, the child's tie to the
mother, the mysteries of secure attachment, and the hazards of
insecure attachment. These experts also discuss issues of
separation, loss, and alternate sources of love when the mother is
absent or emotionally unavailable, while highlighting the relevance
of such ideas to the treatment of children and adults.
The African American Experience: Psychoanalytic Perspectives edited
by Salman Akhtar brings together the contributions of distinguished
mental health professionals and scholars of humanities to offer a
multifaceted perspective on the transgenerational trauma of
slavery, the hardship of single parent families, the ruthlessness
of anti-black racism, and the crushing burden of poverty and social
disenfranchisement on the African American individual. The book
also sheds light on the resilience of spirit, the dignity of
perseverance, and the glow of talent that is widespread in this
group. It contains penetrating and informative biographical essays
on Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Mohammad Ali, Barack Obama,
and Oprah Winfrey. Such discourse on human greatness is balanced by
the considerations of daily joy and anguish on clinical and
societal levels. This wide-ranging and nuanced volume on the
history, culture, and psychosocial struggles of African American
people fills an important gap in the literature on psychotherapy
and psychoanalysis.
Across the lifespan we may experience moments of sublime intimacy,
suffocating closeness, comfortable solitude, and intolerable
distance or closeness. In Interpersonal Boundaries: Variations and
Violations Salman Akhtar and the other contributors demonstrate how
boundaries, by delineating and containing the self, secure one's
conscious and unconscious experience of entity and of
self-governance. Interpersonal Boundaries reveals the complexities
of the self and its boundaries, while identifying some of the
enigmatic questions about how the biological, psychological, and
cultural aspects of the self interrelate. The contributors
skillfully integrate a wide range of theory with a wealth of
clinical material. Examples range from the dark side of
boundary-violating therapists to an extraordinary presentation of
harrowing analytic work with a severely traumatized man. Readers
will find that this volume makes a significant contribution to the
knowledge of boundaries of the self in psychotherapeutic theory and
practice.
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