Contemporary controversies in psychoanalytic theory, techniques, and their applications / Otto F. Kernberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kernberg, Otto F., 1928-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Psychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (x, 342 p.))

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this important book, esteemed psychoanalyst Otto F. Kernberg reviews some of the recent developments and controversies in psychoanalytic theory and technique. Gathering together both previously published articles and extensive new material, Dr. Kernberg examines such issues as the new psychoanalytic views of homosexuality, bisexuality, and the influence of gender in the analytic relationship. He explores the application of psychoanalysis to non-clinical fields, including the problem of psychoanalytic research and its clinical implications, the validation of psychoanalytic interventions in the clinical process, and the challenges of psychoanalytic education. He shows how psychoanalysis can be helpful in addressing such cultural problems as socially sanctioned violence. And he asserts the continued relevance of object relations theory and its compatibility with Freud's dual drive theory.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

1. Freud's Theories and Their Contemporary Variations

2. Psychoanalytic Object Relations Theories

3. The Concept of Drive in the Light of Contemporary Psychoanalytic Theorizing

4. Unresolved Issues in the Psychoanalytic Theory of Homosexuality and Bisexuality

5. Mourning and Melancholia Revisited

6. Resistances to Research in Psychoanalysis

7. Authoritarianism, Culture, and Personality in Psychoanalytic Education

8. A Concerned Critique of Psychoanalytic Education

9. Some Proposed Complementary Solutions to the Problems of Psychoanalytic Education

10. Sanctioned Social Violence: A Psychoanalytic View

11. Some Psychoanalytic Contributions to the Prevention of Socially Sanctioned Violence

12. Listening in Psychoanalysis: The Importance of Not Understanding

13. The Analyst's Authority in the Psychoanalytic Situation

14. Validation in the Clinical Process

15. The Interpretation of the Transference (with Particular Reference to Merton Gill's Contribution)

16. The Influence of the Gender of Patient and Analyst on the Psychoanalytic Relationship

17. Convergences and Divergences in Contemporary Psychoanalytic Technique

18. Recent Developments in the Technical Approaches of English-Language Psychoanalytic Schools

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611722012

9781281722010

1281722014

9780300128369

0300128363

OCLC:

1013950576