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Translated by: Philip Slotkin
Translated by: Philip Slotkin
Is psychoanalysis a type of literature? Can telling 'stories' help
us to get at the truth? Psychoanalysis as Therapy and Storytelling
examines psychoanalysis from two perspectives - as a cure for
psychic suffering, and as a series of stories told between patient
and analyst. Antonino Ferro uses numerous clinical examples to
investigate how narration and interpretation are interconnected in
the analytic session. He draws on and develops Bion's theories to
present a novel perspective on subjects, such as: psychoanalysis as
a particular form of literature; sexuality as a narrative genre or
dialect in the analyst's consulting room; delusion and
hallucination; acting out, the countertransference and the
transgenerational field; and play - characters, narrations and
interpretations. Psychoanalytic clinicians and theoreticians alike
will find the innovative approach to the analytic session described
here of great interest.
This book deals with specific aspects of psychic functioning and
development in adolescence. It offers a conspectus of present-day
psychoanalytic understanding of the process of adolescence and its
vicissitudes. The book is helpful for those interested in the field
of adolescent psychoanalysis.
This book postulates that the trigger of the psychotic condition is
located in the basic processes which structure the first emotional
relations. It presents some of the reasons why patients succumb to
the attraction of a course doomed to result in the permanent
derangement of their minds.
The central theme of this book is concerned with the controversies
on technique between Anna Freud and Melanie Klein in the 1920s and
1930s, and with a clear differentiation between child analysis
proper and analytical child psychotherapy. Alex Holder takes into
account the historic background in which child psychoanalysis
developed, especially World War II and the Nazi regime in Germany.
The author also looks at the way child psychoanalysis developed in
specific institutions, such as the Hampstead Child Therapy Course
in London, and in specific areas, such as the spread of child
analysis in the US. The concluding chapter is on the importance of
knowledge of child analysis among psychoanalysts working with
adults. The differences in the theories of the two "greats" in
child analysis, Anna Freud and Melanie Klein, are examined one by
one, including such concepts as the role of transference, the
Oedipus complex and the superego.
Can the Protomental System provide a new foundation for
psychoanalytic theory? Constructing a Mind draws on psychoanalytic
theories of mind and recent developments in cognitive science to
present the Protomental System, a new and original explanatory
theory of the development of the human mind. This book aims to move
psychoanalytic theory away from its origins in Freud's theory,
towards a model which gives priority to cognition and memory. This,
Antonio Imbasciati argues, will make possible a successful and
productive integration of psychoanalysis with other areas of
psychology. Subjects covered include: The mind as an
information-processing system Constructing the system: from fetus
to baby, child, and finally adult The caregiver relationship as a
decoding system for information processing The paranoid-schizoid
metabolism of information Memory of functions and memory traces of
affects Internal information generated by the system The depressive
position and learning to know Reparation and thought. This
thoughtful and thorough account of cognitive development provides a
conceptual framework that succeeds in making some of the more
complex areas of psychoanalytic theory more intelligible.
Constructing a Mind will be of great interest to psychoanalysts,
psychotherapists and cognitive psychologists, especially those with
an interest in neuropsychology and neonatal development.
This book blazes a trail in Freud research. Ilse Grubrich-Simitis,
a prominent authority on Freud, examines and deciphers Freud's
original manuscripts - which had remained disregarded for decades.
From these she analyzes Freud's method of working and points out
what the writings reveal of his psychological states, the events in
his life, and the development of his thinking over time. The book
is at once a study of Freud's creativity as a scientist and writer,
an important reference on the texts themselves, and a commentary on
previously unexplored aspects of Freud's life and work. Examining
many hitherto unknown texts, Grubrich-Simitis provides a fresh and
authentic picture of the discoverer of the unconscious at work:
observing, listening to his patients, gathering the raw material
for his oeuvre, fantasizing, drawing conclusions, drafting,
rewriting, and correcting. She refutes the legend of the facility
of Freud's production, for the notes, drafts, fair copies, and
variants she identifies bear witness to the fact that almost every
work actually came into being by a process of consuming hard labor.
Grubrich-Simitis's analysis of Freud's manuscripts is flanked by
two shorter sections on Freud's printed texts: in one she recounts
the history of the editions from the beginnings in Vienna to the
present day, and in the other she offers a detailed plan for a new
historical-critical edition of his works.
"Psychoanalysis as Therapy and Storytelling "examines
psychoanalysis from two perspectives - as a cure for psychic
suffering, and as a series of stories told between patient and
analyst.
Antonino Ferro uses numerous clinical examples to investigate how
narration and interpretation are interconnected in the analytic
session. He draws on and develops Bion's theories to present a
novel perspective on subjects such as:
- Psychoanalysis as a particular form of literature
- Sexuality as a narrative genre or dialect in the analyst's
consulting room
- Delusion and hallucination
- Acting out, the countertransference and the transgenerational
field
- Play: characters, narration and interpretations
Psychoanalytic clinicians and theoreticians alike will find the
innovative approach to the analytic session described here of great
interest.
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