1st Edition
Love, Hate and Knowledge The Kleinian Method and the Future of Psychoanalysis
By Robert Waska
Copyright 2010
270 Pages
by
Routledge
270 Pages
by
Routledge
270 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book introduces the clinical concept of analytic contact. This is a term that describes the therapeutic method of investigation that makes up psychoanalytic treatment. The field has been in debate for decades regarding what constitutes psychoanalysis. This usually centers on theoretical ideals regarding analyzability, goals, or procedure and external criteria such as frequency or use of... Read more
Introduction -- Analytic Contact -- The self-imposed crisis in psychoanalysis: Analytic contact and the goal of psychological healing -- A return to healing -- The technical value of analytic contact -- Redefining psychoanalysis -- Knowledge, Repetition and Resolution -- Conflicts with knowledge -- Analytic contact and the creation of knowledge -- Fear of knowing and the desire for knowledge -- Transference ↔ Counter-Transference Struggles -- Projective identification and reactions to analytic contact -- Separation, idealization and enactments -- The evolution of projective identification -- Summary -- Conclusion
Biography
Waska, Robert
