Coparticipant psychoanalysis : toward a new theory of clinical inquiry / John Fiscalini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fiscalini, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical psychology.

Psychoanalysis.

Inquiry (Theory of knowledge).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traditionally, two clinical models have been dominant in psychoanalysis: the classical paradigm, which views the analyst as an objective mirror, and the participant-observation paradigm, which views the analyst as an intersubjective participant-observer. According to John Fiscalini, an evolutionary shift in psychoanalytic consciousness has been taking place, giving rise to coparticipant inquiry, a third paradigm that represents a dramatic shift in analytic clinical theory and that has profound clinical implications. Coparticipant inquiry integrates the individualistic focus of the classical tradition and the social focus of the participant-observer perspective. It is marked by a radical emphasis on analysts' and patients' analytic equality, emotional reciprocity, psychic symmetry, and relational mutuality. Unlike the previous two paradigms, coparticipant inquiry suggests that we are all inherently communal beings and, yet, are simultaneously innately self-fulfilling, unique individuals. The book looks closely at the therapeutic dialectics of the personal and interpersonal selves and discusses narcissism-the perversion of the self-within its clinical role as the neurosis that contextualizes all other neuroses. Thus the goal of this book is to define coparticipant inquiry; articulate its major principles; analyze its implications for a theory of the self and the treatment of narcissism; and discuss the therapeutic potential of the coparticipant field and the coparticipant nature of transference, resistance, therapeutic action, and analytic vitality. Fiscalini explores "analytic space," which marks the psychic limit of coparticipant activity; the "living through process," which, he suggests, subtends all analytic change; and "openness to singularity," which is essential to analytic vitality. Coparticipant Psychoanalysis brings crucial insights to clinical theory and practice and is an invaluable resource for psychoanalysts and therapists, as well as students and practitioners of psychology, psychiatry, and social work.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION: Psychoanalytic Paradigms, Clinical Controversy, and Coparticipant Inquiry

PART ONE: COPARTICIPATION

CHAPTER 1. Coparticipation and Coparticipant Inquiry

CHAPTER 2. Core Principles of Coparticipant Inquiry

CHAPTER 3. The Evolution of Coparticipant Inquiry in Psychoanalysis

PART TWO: THE SELF

CHAPTER 4. The Multidimensional Self

CHAPTER 5. Clinical Dialectics of the Self

PART THREE: NARCISSISM

CHAPTER 6. The Self and Narcissism

CHAPTER 7. Clinical Narcissism

CHAPTER 8. Coparticipant Inquiry and Narcissism

CHAPTER 9. Narcissistic Dynamics and Coparticipant Therapy

PART FOUR: EXPLORATIONS IN THERAPY

CHAPTER 10. Openness to Singularity

CHAPTER 11. Therapeutic Processes in the Analytic Working Space

CHAPTER 12. Coparticipant Transference Analysis

CHAPTER 13. Living Through

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-234) and index.

ISBN:

9780231507264

0231507267

OCLC:

216947067