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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785324203321

Titolo

The psychoanalytic therapy of severe disturbance [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paul Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Karnac, 2010

ISBN

0-429-92188-8

0-429-48288-4

1-282-77974-5

9786612779749

1-84940-794-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Collana

Psychoanalytic ideas

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsPaul

Disciplina

150.195

616.89/14

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis

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

Table of Contents; Cover; Copyright; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; WELCOME; CHAPTER ONE: The therapeutic action in psychoanalytic psychotherapy of borderline personality disorder; CHAPTER TWO: Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP); CHAPTER THREE: The mentalization based approach to psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder; CHAPTER FOUR: Psychoanalytic group therapy with severely disturbed patients: Benefits and challenges; CHAPTER FIVE: The fiend that sleeps but does not die: Toward a psychoanalytic treatment of the addictions

CHAPTER SIX: Some considerations about the psychoanalytic conceptualisation and treatment of psychotic disordersCHAPTER SEVEN: "First you were an eyebrow" and "How do I know that my thoughts are my thoughts?"; CHAPTER EIGHT: Pre-suicide states of mind; CHAPTER NINE: Individual and large-group identities: Does working with borderline patients teach us anything about international negotiations?; PLENARY DISCUSSION

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the proceedings of the of the conference on the Psychoanalytic Therapy of Severe Disturbance held in Belfast in June



2008.The aim of the conference was to offer a state of the art communication of the key psychoanalytic thinking and approaches to the conceptualisation and treatment of severe disturbance. The result of a unique gathering of the most eminent psychoanalysts in the field with insights into their work on personality disorder, psychotic states and the nature and function of suicidal ideation.This book will be of interest to mental health professionals - psychiatri