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Clinical Interaction and the Analysis of Meaning evinces a
therapeutic vitality all too rare in works of theory. Rather than
fleeing from the insights of other disciplines, Dorpat and Miller
discover in recent research confirmation of the possibilities of
psychoanalytic treatment. In Section I, "Critique of Classical
Theory," Dorpat proposes a radical revision of the notion of
primary process consonant with contemporary cognitive science. Such
a revised conception not only enlarges our understanding of the
analytic process; it also provides analysis with a conceptual
language that can articulate meaningful connections with a growing
body of empirical research about the development and nature of
human cognition. In Section II, "Interactional Theory," Miller
reverses the direction of inquiry. He begins with the literature on
cognitive development and functioning, and proceeds to mine it for
concepts relevant to the clinical process. He shows how a revised
understanding of the operation of cognition and affect can impart
new meaning to basic clinical concepts such as resistance,
transference, and level of psychopathology. In Section III,
"Applications and Exemplifications," Dorpat concludes this
exemplary collaboration by exploring select topics from the
standpoint of his and Miller's new psychoanalytic theory. At the
heart of the authors' endeavor it "meaning analysis," a concept
that integrates an up-to-date model of human information processing
with the traditional goals of psychoanalysis. The patient
approaches the clinical encounter, they argue, with
cognitive-affective schemas that are the accumulatice product of
his life experience to date; the manifold meanings ascribed to the
clinical interaction must be understood as the product of these
schemas rather than as distortions deriving from unconscious,
drive-related fantasies. The therapist's goal is to make the
patient's meaning-making conscious and thus available for
introspection.
Few authors who have written about Hitler have understood the
deeply damaging effects of psychic trauma on his private life and
the way he functioned in the public sphere. Nearly all major
biographers have neglected the importance of Hitler's childhood
trauma and his later combat trauma during World War I. In Wounded
Monster, Theo Dorpat demonstrates how extreme emotional and
physical abuse from his father, and his unusually long combat
service during the Great War became the most formative influences
of his life, resulting in severe psychiatric disorders. This
psychiatric biography of Hitler discusses the central importance of
his vulnerability to shame emotions, as well as the trauma-induced
construction of an extensive repertoire of mainly unconscious
mechanisms for the avoidance of feelings of shame. Dorpat provides
deep insights into Hitler's shame vulnerability as a prime cause of
his suicidal behavior, including his suicide threats, two failed
suicide attempts, and his final completed suicide. This work will
assist those attempting to explain Hitler and his actions, through
an examination of the influences that shaped his psyche.
Clinical Interaction and the Analysis of Meaning evinces a
therapeutic vitality all too rare in works of theory. Rather than
fleeing from the insights of other disciplines, Dorpat and Miller
discover in recent research confirmation of the possibilities of
psychoanalytic treatment. In Section I, "Critique of Classical
Theory," Dorpat proposes a radical revision of the notion of
primary process consonant with contemporary cognitive science. Such
a revised conception not only enlarges our understanding of the
analytic process; it also provides analysis with a conceptual
language that can articulate meaningful connections with a growing
body of empirical research about the development and nature of
human cognition. In Section II, "Interactional Theory," Miller
reverses the direction of inquiry. He begins with the literature on
cognitive development and functioning, and proceeds to mine it for
concepts relevant to the clinical process. He shows how a revised
understanding of the operation of cognition and affect can impart
new meaning to basic clinical concepts such as resistance,
transference, and level of psychopathology. In Section III,
"Applications and Exemplifications," Dorpat concludes this
exemplary collaboration by exploring select topics from the
standpoint of his and Miller's new psychoanalytic theory. At the
heart of the authors' endeavor it "meaning analysis," a concept
that integrates an up-to-date model of human information processing
with the traditional goals of psychoanalysis. The patient
approaches the clinical encounter, they argue, with
cognitive-affective schemas that are the accumulatice product of
his life experience to date; the manifold meanings ascribed to the
clinical interaction must be understood as the product of these
schemas rather than as distortions deriving from unconscious,
drive-related fantasies. The therapist's goal is to make the
patient's meaning-making conscious and thus available for
introspection.
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