A Prophetic Analyst

A Prophetic Analyst
Author: Mauricio Cortina
Publisher:
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1996
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

Before Erich Fromm there was 'one-person psychology.' Then, through a respectful, ambitious, but uncompromising revision of Freudian theory, Fromm helped lead us to our current relational perspective that considers the complexities of a 'two-person' interpersonal, contextual view of human functioning and therapeutic treatment. This book succinctly summarizes Fromm's main contributions to psychoanalysis, assessing their strengths and weaknesses and considering their utility in light of contemporary developments in psychoanalysis and related fields. It shows the vitality and relevance of Fromm's ideas for today's clinical and social problems.

Listening to Hanna Segal

Listening to Hanna Segal
Author: Jean-Michel Quinodoz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2007-11-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 113406604X

Winner of the 2010 Sigourney Award! How has Hanna Segal influenced psychoanalysis today? Jean-Michel Quinodoz provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of Segal's life, her clinical and theoretical work, and her contribution to psychoanalysis over the past sixty years by combining actual biographical and conceptual interviews with Hanna Segal herself or with colleagues who have listened to Segal in various contexts. Listening to Hanna Segal explores both Segal's personal and professional histories, and the interaction between the two. The book opens with an autobiographical account of Segal's life, from her birth in Poland to her analysis with Melanie Klein in London where she became the youngest member of the British Psychoanalytical Society. Quinodoz goes on to explain Segal's contributions in various fields of psychoanalysis including: the psychoanalytic treatment of psychotic patients the introduction of the "symbolic equation" aesthetics and the creative impulse the analysis of elderly patients introducing the work of Melanie Klein. Quinodoz concludes by examining Segal's most recent contribution to psychoanalysis - exploring nuclear terror, psychotic anxieties, and group phenomena. Throughout the interviews Segal speaks of her close relationships with prominent colleagues such as Klein, Rosenfeld, and Bion, making this book both a valuable contribution to the history of psychoanalysis and an indication of the evolution of psychoanalytic ideas over the past six decades. This clear summary of Hanna Segal's life and her contribution to psychoanalysis will be an essential guide to anyone studying Segal and her contemporaries.

Contributions to Psycho-analysis

Contributions to Psycho-analysis
Author: Sándor Ferenczi
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1916
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

Sándor Ferenczi details several of his most notable contributions to psychology and psychoanalysis in this series of essays, including his ideas about dream theory and symbolism. Ferenczi was interested in a range of subjects relevant to mental health. He was an early investigator of developmental psychology in children, observing the age at which they arrived at an conceptual understanding of reality. He recognized that childhood is a time of immensely important development; a poor upbringing is a common factor in mental ill-health later in life. Ferenczi established that trauma and fears of specific objects or phenomena acquired in childhood can persist into maturity. Departing from the Freudian ideas of his time, Ferenczi considered direct experience and discussion with individuals to be important when establishing their state of mind. Rather than simply listening to the patient's thoughts, he would question and occasionally interrupt their responses to gain a deeper insight. Expressing empathy for the patient is also considered important, that the state of mind be clearer to the psychoanalyst who is appreciated for demonstrating genuine interest and care.

Further Contributions to the Theory and Technique of Psychoanalysis

Further Contributions to the Theory and Technique of Psychoanalysis
Author: Sandor Ferenczi
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2014-12-03
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1447495012

This antiquarian volume contains a collection of psycho-analytical writings which constitute the author's personal contribution to the development of psycho-analysis. This collection furnishes a picture of the manifold interests which continually occupy the physician practicing psycho-analysis, and which bring him into touch with the most various fields of natural and mental sciences. The chapters of this book include: 'The Analytic Conception of the Psycho-Analysis'; 'Actual and Psycho-Neurosis in The Light of Freud's Investigations and Psycho-Analysis'; 'Suggestion and Psycho-Analysis'; 'On Forced Phantasies'; 'Disease- or Patho-Neurosies'; 'The Phenomena of Hysterical Materialization', etcetera. This book is being republished in an affordable, modern edition complete with a new prefatory biography of the author.

Final Contributions to the Problems and Methods of Psycho-analysis

Final Contributions to the Problems and Methods of Psycho-analysis
Author: Sandor Ferenczi
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2018-01-02
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0429913753

This final volume includes "Confusion of Tongues Between Children and Adults" in which Ferenczi formulates his controversal ideas on childhood sexuality, and the conflict between the languages of tenderness and passion. First published in 1955, this book contains papers written by Ferenczi during his last years and some of his unpublished notes. It demonstrates Ferenczi's combination of great clinical understanding and an almost uncanny insight into unconscious process. Among the forty important items included are papers on the following: "Freud's Influence on Medicine", "Laughter", "Epileptic Fits", "Dirigible Dreams", "Philosophy and Psycho-Analysis", "Paranoia", "The Interpretation of Tunes Which Come into One's Head" and "The Genesis of Jus Primae Noctis".

A People’s History of Psychoanalysis

A People’s History of Psychoanalysis
Author: Daniel José Gaztambide
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2019-12-09
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1498565751

As inequality widens in all sectors of contemporary society, we must ask: is psychoanalysis too white and well-to-do to be relevant to social, economic, and racial justice struggles? Are its ideas and practices too alien for people of color? Can it help us understand why systems of oppression are so stable and how oppression becomes internalized? In A People’s Historyof Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology, Daniel José Gaztambide reviews the oft-forgotten history of social justice in psychoanalysis. Starting with the work of Sigmund Freud and the first generation of left-leaning psychoanalysts, Gaztambide traces a series of interrelated psychoanalytic ideas and social justice movements that culminated in the work of Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire, and Ignacio Martín-Baró. Through this intellectual genealogy, Gaztambide presents a psychoanalytically informed theory of race, class, and internalized oppression that resulted from the intertwined efforts of psychoanalysts and racial justice advocates over the course of generations and gave rise to liberation psychology. This book is recommended for students and scholars engaged in political activism, critical pedagogy, and clinical work.

Truth, Reality and the Psychoanalyst

Truth, Reality and the Psychoanalyst
Author: Silvia Flechner
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2018-10-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0429923392

Psychoanalysis has long thrived in Latin America. Like the rest of the psychoanalytic world, our Latin American colleagues are diverse in their thinking, but there is nevertheless a distinct cultural voice with which they speak. Unfortunately, language barriers have interfered with the communication of this unique and highly sophisticated way of thinking to colleagues around the world. This stimulating new volume goes a long way to fill this void by presenting a collection of essays that present Latin American psychoanalysis at its best. An added treat is the cross-cultural dialogue provided by commentators for each chapter from other psychoanalytic cultures. I highly recommend this exciting new contribution to both candidates and experienced analysts.

Selected Contributions to Psycho-Analysis

Selected Contributions to Psycho-Analysis
Author: John Rickman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0429918836

A most welcome re-issue of John Rickman's classic collection of papers, with a preface by Pearl King, to partner her edited volume, No Ordinary Psychoanalyst: The Exceptional Contributions of John Rickman, also published by Karnac.

The Academic Face of Psychoanalysis

The Academic Face of Psychoanalysis
Author: Louise Braddock
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2013-01-11
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1134704623

Ever since Freud, psychoanalysts have explored the connections between psychoanalysis and literature and psychoanalysis and philosophy, while literary criticism, social science and philosophy have all reflected on and made use of ideas from psychoanalytic theory. The Academic Face of Psychoanalysis presents contributions from these fields and gives the reader an insight into different understandings and applications of psychoanalytic theory. This book comprises twelve contributions from experts in their fields covering philosophy, psychoanalysis, sociology and literary theory. The chapters are divided into three distinct sections: Psychoanalysis Philosophy Social science and literary theory Louise Braddock and Michael Lacewing successfully bring these contributions together with an in-depth introduction that allows the reader to explore the connections between the different disciplines. The multi-disciplinary approach to this book is rare; it will appeal to academics and students, from the subject areas of psychoanalysis, humanities and social science.