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A volume in the Psychoanalytic Ideas Series, published for the
Institute of Psychoanalysis by Karnac. Here, shame and jealousy are
examined as hidden turmoils; as basic human feelings found in
everyone but often suppressed and neglected. An unfulfilled need,
unanswered plea for help, and failure to connect with and
understand other people are all underlying causes for shame and
feeling inadequate. The author argues that feelings of shame form
an intrinsic part of the analytic encounter but 'astonishingly,
this shame-laden quality of the psychoanalytic and
psychotherapeutic setting is rarely addressed. This lucidly written
and much-needed volume explores the profound effects shame and
jealousy can have on self-esteem and how this can eventually lead
to a chronic condition.
Psychoanalytic Energy Psychotherapy is the outcome of one
psychoanalyst's encounter with the field known generically as
energy psychology, which reveals how the conflicts and traumas
active within the psyche are encoded as information within the
body's energy system. It is inspired primarily by the remarkable
and far-reaching work of Dr. Roger Callahan in his development of
Thought Field Therapy. There were important figures before Dr.
Callahan in the lineage-notably George Goodheart, the founder of
Applied Kinesiology, who first explored muscle testing as a source
of information about the body's organs and functions, and
psychiatrist Dr. John Diamond, who extended this enquiry into the
emotional and psychological domains-and many have built
substantially on his work since.The author is compelled to the
conclusion that purely talk-based forms of psychotherapy-although
not without value-are simply not able to engage effectively with
the realm in which the patterns of emotional distress are encoded:
the area at the interface of the psyche and the soma, the body's
energy field. For this reason, he encourages psychotherapists to
consider the implications of TFT and the wider domain of energy
psychology. He is convinced that this realm of the body and its
energy is entirely congruent with-and indeed an extension of-the
psychoanalysis originally developed by Freud.
This book argues mainly that attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) and related autistic spectrum conditions reflect
states of impaired self-regulation and of enhanced need for
regulatory assistance from other people. It is useful and helpful
for those who personally struggle with ADHD.
A volume in the Psychoanalytic Ideas Series, published for the
Institute of Psychoanalysis by Karnac. Here, shame and jealousy are
examined as hidden turmoils; as basic human feelings found in
everyone but often suppressed and neglected. An unfulfilled need,
unanswered plea for help, and failure to connect with and
understand other people are al
This book argues mainly that attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) and related autistic spectrum conditions reflect
states of impaired self-regulation and of enhanced need for
regulatory assistance from other people. It is useful and helpful
for those who personally struggle with ADHD.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), along with
methods from the new field of energy psychology, such as the
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), enable the rapid processing and
release of traumatic memories and painful emotion. In this
innovative work, Phil Mollon demonstrates how the perspectives of
EMDR, energy psychology, and psychoanalysis can inform and enrich
each other. By summarising relevant research and providing many
clinical examples, Mollon has produced a challenging and
invigorating scrutiny of psychoanalysis and an expanded vision of
the potential for psychosomatic healing.
People like to talk. We know that talking to an attentive and
thoughtful listener can be helpful in clarifying conscious and
unconscious feelings, thoughts, and motivations. But is talk
enough? The complex physiology of anxiety and traumatic stress
reactions is often stubbornly persistent, despite therapeutic
exploration in both conscious and unconscious areas of the mind. In
the case of severe trauma, talking can stir up the emotions and
associated bodily disturbance without providing any resolution -
sometimes leaving clients feeling worse. The developing field of
energy psychology offers an entirely new perspective and gamut of
techniques for locating where these traumatic patterns are encoded.
They are not in the mind - but in the energy system at the
interface of psyche and soma. By addressing these realms
concurrently, a powerful therapeutic synergy emerges that allows
rapid and deep shifts in the patterns of distress that drive the
psychosomatic system.
In this pioneering work, Phil Mollon explores how the insights of
EMDR, energy psychology and psychoanalysis can be combined to
inform and enrich one another and enable healing at a much deeper
level. Drawing out how Freud's psychoanalysis was originally an
energy psychology, Mollon points to ways in which some forms of
contemporary psychoanalysis may be hampered by a current fashion
for an excessive focus on transference rather than upon
intrapsychic processing of emotional information.Eye Movement
Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), along with methods from
the new field of energy psychology, enable the rapid processing and
release of traumatic memories and painful emotion. Whilst both
psychoanalytic and cognitive therapies are able to elicit the
structures of thought and feeling that trap the individual in
repetitive maladaptive behaviours, neither are very good at
actually processing and transforming the troubling emotions and
mental pain. Thus, traditional talking therapies may provide some
insight or constructive ways of thinking, but do not alter the core
patterns of dysfunctional emotional information.Mollon outlines a
bedrock resistance to psychic change - disintegration anxiety -
explaining how this deepest of all terrors may be addressed in
therapy. An overall model of the psychosomatic system is presented,
detailing the interaction and layering between the energy system,
conscious and unconscious cognition and emotion, neurobiology, and
physiology. Relevant research is summarized and many clinical
examples are provided in the book.
"This diminutive book packs a powerful punch ... Mollon skilfully
manages to bring together the many facets of this subject in a
succinct, engaging way... a complex subject, artfully curated and
expressed." -- Sussex Counselling and Psychotherapy News, Spring
2021 Pathologies of the Self draws on almost 45 years of clinical
practice to explore the nature and structure of human identity.
Collectively, we are trapped in images of self, whether constructed
by us, or imposed by others. These illusions are inextricably bound
to our sense of who we are, and sometimes defended so fiercely that
it leads to narcissistic disturbances and borderline states of
mind. In this fascinating book Phil Mollon explores narcissistic
phenomena in both the clinic and everyday life, demonstrating the
illusory nature of the self, and showing how, beneath our defences,
we are all 'borderline'.
In the ten years before his death in 1982, the American
psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut presented a body of highly original
clinical observations and theorising, creating a new conceptual
lens - 'self-psychology' - revealing aspects of mental life that
had hitherto remained largely obscure. These remarkable insights
have made possible psychoanalytic understanding and treatment of
those whose sense of self and psychic equilibrium might otherwise
have proved too fragile. However, Phil Mollon argues that Kohut's
views have been widely - almost scandalously - misunderstood. For
example, Kohut has been misperceived as advocating gratifactory
mirroring of the patient rather than analytic understanding. In
fact, Kohut remained essentially loyal to the deep roots of
Freudian psychoanalysis and its technical reliance on
interpretation. His innovations lay in the content of
psychoanalytic interpretation. With the aim of drawing out the true
meanings and implications of self-psychology, Mollon examines in
detail Kohut's own clinical illustrations. In addition, he explores
the interaction between Kohut's work and other contemporary
psychoanalytic points of view, as well as making links with
emerging perspectives in developmental psychology and neurobiology.
He shows that Kohut implicitly formulates a psychoanalytic process
in which the limits of understanding are acknowledged and seen as
crucial in allowing the continuously evolving unknown self to be
released.
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