Impasse and Interpretation [[electronic resource] ] : Therapeutic and Anti-Therapeutic Factors in the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Psychotic, Borderline, and Neurotic Patients

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455616303321
• Autore: Rosenfeld Herbert
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012
• ISBN: 1-138-13882-7; 9786610025817; 1-280-02581-6; 6610025819; 0-203-35888-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334 p.)
• Collana: The New Library of Psychoanalysis
• Disciplina: 616.8917
• Soggetti: Impasse (Psychotherapy); Narcissism; Projection (Psychology); Psychoanalysis; Psychoanalytic Therapy; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Psychiatry; Health & Biological Sciences; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Herbert Rosenfeld makes a powerful case both for the intelligibility of psychotic symptoms and the potential benefits of their treatment by psychoanalytic means.