The silent past and the invisible present : memory, trauma, and representation in psychotherapy / Paul Renn ; foreword by Judith Guss Teicholz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Renn, Paul.

Series:

Relational perspectives book series ; v. 54.

The relational perspectives book series ; vol. 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memory.

Psychic trauma.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on research in the fields of cognitive and developmental psychology, attachment, trauma, and neuroscience, as well as 20 years in forensic and private practice, Paul Renn deftly illustrates the ways in which this research may be used to inform an integrated empirical/hermeneutic model of clinical practice. He suggests that silent, invisible processes derived from the past maintain non-optimal ways of experiencing and relating in the present, and that a neuroscience understanding of the dynamic nature of memories, and of the way in which the implicit and explicit memory systems operate

Contents:

Cover; The Silent Past and the Invisible Present: Memory, Trauma, and Representation in Psychotherapy; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Memory and Freudian Psychoanalysis; Chapter 2 The Two Main Memory Systems: A Neuroscience Perspective; Chapter 3 Contemporary Perspectives on Psychological Trauma and Affect Regulation; Chapter 4 Memory, Trauma, and Dissociation: The Reemergence of Trauma-Related Childhood Memories; Chapter 5 Psychoanalysis and the Internal World: How Different Theories Understand the Concept of Mind

Chapter 6 Attachment and Intersubjectivity: Developmental Perspectives on the Internal WorldChapter 7 A Contemporary Relational Model: Integrating Attachment, Trauma, and Neuroscience Research; Chapter 8 Intersubjectivity, Attachment, and Implicit Memory: The Development of Representational Models; Chapter 9 Attachment, Trauma, and Intimate Violence; Chapter 10 Brief, Time-Limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Case of Intimate Violence from a Forensic Setting; Chapter 11 The Role of Explicit and Implicit Memory in Therapeutic Action; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-208) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-45886-7

1-280-66053-8

9786613637468

0-203-12686-6

1-136-45887-5

9780203126868

OCLC:

798531312