Introduction to contemporary psychoanalysis : defining terms and building bridges / edited by Marilyn Charles.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Charles, Marilyn, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

"This book provides a clear introduction to the main contemporary psychoanalytic theoretical perspectives.? Psychoanalysis is often thought of as an obscure and outdated method, and yet those familiar with it recognize the profound value of psychoanalytic theory and technique. Part of the obscurity may come from psychoanalytic language itself, which is often impenetrable. The complexity of the subject matter has lent itself to a confusion of tongues and yet, at base, psychoanalysis remains an earnest attempt to make sense of and ease human distress. Introduction to Contemporary Psychoanalysis seeks to make this rich wealth of information more accessible to clinicians and trainees. Psychoanalytic clinicians from various schools here describe the key ideas that underlie their particular perspective, helping the reader to see how they apply those ideas in their clinical work. Inviting the contributors to speak about their actual practice, rather than merely providing an overview, this book helps the reader to see common threads that run across perspectives, but also to recognize ways in which the different lenses from each of the perspectives inform interventions Through brief vignettes, the reader is offered an experience-near sense of what it might be like to apply those ideas in their own work. The contributors also note the limits or weaknesses of their particular theory, inviting the reader to consider the broader spectrum of these diverse offerings so that the benefits of each might be more visible. Introduction to Contemporary Psychoanalysis offers readers the richness and diversity of psychoanalytic theory and technique, so that the advantages of each particular lens might be visible and accessible as a further tool in their clinical work. This novel, comparative work will be an essential text for any psychoanalyst or psychoanalytically inclined therapist in training, as well as clinicians and those who teach psychoanalytic theory and technique."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

chapter Introduction: Comparative psychoanalysis: Defining terms, building bridges / Marilyn Charles

part Part I Conceptual underpinnings

chapter 1 Contemporary Freudian approaches / Danielle Knafo

chapter 2 Jungian approaches to psychotherapy / Lionel Corbett

chapter 3 Lacan and the evolution of Hermes / David Lichtenstein

part Part II Object relations

chapter 4 A contemporary Kleinian/ Bionian perspective / Marilyn Charles

chapter 5 D. W. Winnicott: Holding, playing and moving toward mutuality / Joyce Slochower

part Part III Building bridges

chapter 6 Toward a new Middle Group: Lacan and Winnicott for beginners / Deborah Luepnitz

part Part IV Field theories

chapter 7 Psychoanalytic field theory / Montana Katz

chapter 8 Self- experience within intersubjectivity: Two clinicians’ use of self psychology / Jeffrey Halpern

chapter 9 Interpersonal psychoanalysis / Eugenio Duarte

chapter 10 Relational psychoanalysis: Not a theory but a framework / Johanna C. Malone.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-71839-8

1-351-71840-1

1-315-18012-X

9781315180120

OCLC:

993959091