Impasse and interpretation : therapeutic and anti-therapeutic factors in the psychoanalytic treatment of psychotic, borderline, and neurotic patients / Herbert Rosenfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenfeld, Herbert A.

Series:

New library of psychoanalysis ; 1.

New library of psychoanalysis ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Narcissism.

Projection (Psychology).

Impasse (Psychotherapy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Tavistock, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Herbert Rosenfeld makes a powerful case both for the intelligibility of psychotic symptoms and the potential benefits of their treatment by psychoanalytic means.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; PART ONE Introduction; 1 A psychoanalytic approach to the treatment of psychosis; Beginnings; The Influence of Melanie Klein; Theoretical developments; Notes; PART TWO The analyst's contribution to successful and unsuccessful treatment; 2 Some therapeutic and anti-therapeutic factors in the functioning of the analyst; Anti-therapeutic factors in the analyst; The analyst's attitude and role; Vague or badly timed interpretations; Rigidity and inflexibility; Summary; Note; 3 Breakdown of communication between patient and analyst

First seminar: session AFirst seminar: Session B; Third seminar: session C; Discussion; Note; PART THREE The influence of narcissism on the analyst's task; 4 The narcissistic omnipotent character structure: a case of chronic hypochondriasis; Adam's history; Working through oral envy by analysing the transference; Working through the envious devaluation of admired objects; Narcissistic omnipotent object relations and a negative therapeutic reaction; Summary; Notes; 5 Narcissistic patients with negative therapeutic reactions; Peter; Michael; Discussion; Notes

6 Destructive narcissism and the death instinctThe death instinct; Robert; Jill; Claude; Richard; Notes; 7 The problem of impasse in psychoanalytic treatment; Caroline; Pauline; Diagnosing impasse; Eric; Notes; PART FOUR The influence of projective identification on the analyst's task; 8 Projective identification in clinical practice; Projective identification and containment; Recognizing projective identification; Technical considerations; John; Sidney; Notes; 9 Projective identification and the problem of containment in a borderline psychotic patient; The first two years; Notes

10 Further difficulties in containing projective identificationDiscussion in the seminar; Further material; 11 Projective identification and the psychotic transference in schizophrenia; Iris; Sarah; The Erotic Transference; Note; 12 Projective identification and counter-transference difficulties in the course of an analysis with ...; PART FIVE Conclusion; 13 Afterthought: changing theories and changing techniques in psychoanalysis; Envy; Destructive Narcissism; Confusion, collusion, and the role of history; The analyst's flexibility; Transference and delusion formation; Confusional states

Thin- and thick-skinned narcissistic patientsMaternal projections before and after birth; Notes; APPENDIX; Transference manifestations of psychotic patients as seen by analysts who have tried to treat psycho ...; Brief summary of analyst's transference experiences with psychotic patients; Summary; References; Name index; Index of case histories; Subject index; ALSO IN THIS SERIES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and indexes.

ISBN:

1-138-13882-7

9786610025817

1-280-02581-6

6610025819

0-203-35888-0

9780203358887

OCLC:

259496017