1st Edition
Primitive Experiences of Loss Working with the Paranoid-Schizoid Patient
By Robert Waska
Copyright 2002
214 Pages
by
Routledge
214 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Taking as his starting point Melanie Klein's concept of the paranoid-schizoid position, and succinctly reviewing subsequent developments within the Kleinian perspective, the author formulates a distinctive and subtle argument concentrated on the topic of primitive loss. It is the author's conviction that the experience of loss has a primacy within the paranoid-schizoid position but that this has... Read more
Preface , Introduction , The Contributions of Projective Identification and Symbolization , Theoretical issues , Greed, self-starvation, and the quest for safety , Idealization, devaluation, and the narcissistic stance , Vulnerability, union, and the return of the bad object , Love, hate, and the dread of impending annihilation , Loss and primitive methods of relating: difficulties in the analytic encounter , Maintenance of hope: the working-through process , Primitive Loss and the Masochistic Defence , Theoretical issues , Working with the concrete thinking of narcissism , Transference and countertransference , Grievance and the paranoid–schizoid experience , Summary and conclusions
Biography
Robert Waska
