Somatic experience in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy : in the expressive language of the living / William F. Cornell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cornell, William F.

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Psychotherapy.

Medical Subjects:

Psychoanalysis.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

161 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

Summary:

The body, of both the patient and the analyst, is increasingly a focus of attention in contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice, especially from a relational perspective. There is a renewed regard for the understanding of embodied experience and sexuality as essential to human vitality. However, most of the existing literature has been written by analysts with no formal training in body-centered work. In this book William Cornell draws on his experience as a body-centered psychotherapist to offer an informed blend of the two traditions, to allow psychoanalysts a deep understanding, in psychoanalytic language, of how to work with the body as an ally. The primary focus of Somatic Experience in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy situates systematic attention to somatic experience and direct body-level intervention in the practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. It provides a close reading of the work of Wilhelm Reich, repositioning his work within a contemporary psychoanalytic frame and re-presents Winnicott's work with a particular emphasis on the somatic foundations of his theories. William Cornell includes vivid and detailed case vignettes including accounts of his own bodily experience to fully illustrate a range of somatic attention and intervention that include verbal description of sensate experience, exploratory movement and direct physical contact. Drawing on relevant theory and significant clinical material, Somatic Experience in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy will allow psychoanalysts an understanding of how to work with the body in their clinical practice. It will bring a fresh perspective on psychoanalytic thinking to body-centred psychotherapy where somatic experience is seen as an ally to psychic and interpersonal growth. This book will be essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychodynamically oriented psychotherapists, transactional analysts, body-centred psychotherapists, Gestalt therapists, counsellors and students. Book jacket.

Contents:

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Introduction

My body is unhappy

The radical and tragic vision of Wilhelm Reich

To enter the gesture as though a dream : a psychoanalyst encounters the body

Hand to hand : touch enactment or touch analysis?

Alien bodies : the search of desire

Traces of the other : encounters with character

The silent call : Reich, Winnicott, and the interrupted gesture

Rough and tumble : sensing, playing, and maturation

Take me : erotic vitality and disturbance

Why have sex? : character, perversion, and free choice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-157) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781138826755

1138826758

9781138826762

1138826766

OCLC:

893453680

Publisher Number:

99963347695