From sign to symbol : transformational processes in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and psychology / Joseph Newirth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newirth, Joseph, author.

Series:

Psychodynamic psychotherapy and assessment in the twenty-first century.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy and assessment in the twenty-first century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Psychotherapy.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2018.

Summary:

In From Sign to Symbol: Transformational Processes in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, and Psychology, Joseph Newirth describes the evolution of the unconscious from the psychoanalytic concept that reflected Freud's positivist focus on symptoms and repressed memories to the contemporary structure that uses symbols and metaphors to create meaning.

Contents:

Introduction: lost in the fog: theory, clinical practice and research

From sign to symbol: the evolution of psychoanalysis from a search for truth to the creation of meaning

Transformational models in psychology, neuropsychology and psychoanalysis

Dreams in culture and psychoanalysis

Humor as a universal human emotion

Pleasure, desire and symbolization in the psychotherapeutic relationship

Dissociative processes as a failure of symbolic functioning and mentalization

The broken container: developing symbolic processes in psychotherapy

Learning to ride a bicycle: procedural and discursive processes in supervision

Transformational processes in psychotherapy: metaphor, symbol, and self-reflective thought.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

1-4985-7685-0

OCLC:

1028230370