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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456486303321

Titolo

The second century of psychoanalysis : evolving perspectives on therapeutic action / / edited by Michael J. Diamond and Christopher Christian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Karnac, , 2011

ISBN

0-429-90790-7

0-429-48313-9

1-283-13737-2

9786613137371

1-84940-898-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 p.)

Collana

CIPS series on the boundaries of psychoanalysis

Altri autori (Persone)

ChristianChristopher

DiamondMichael J. <1944->

Disciplina

150.19/5

616.8917

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Contextualizing therapeutic action -- section 2. Conflict, fantasy, and insight in therapeutic action -- section 3. Relational experience and mutative dynamics -- section 4. Mental experience and therapeutic action : unconscious communication, internalization, and non-verbal processes -- section 5. Reflections : psychoanalytic dogma and flexibility.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the question of the theory of therapeutic action underlying the multiple perspectives in psychoanalysis. The question of how psychoanalysis effects therapeutic change and the methods by which this change is achieved is answered from the perspectives of: ego psychology and modern conflict theory, classical theory, contemporary object relations theory and neo-Kleinian theory, attachment theory, and self psychological theory, as well as total



composite theory and pluralistic perspectives. The volume concludes with an exploration of how these theories of therapeutic action div