1st Edition

The Body Speaks Body Image Delusions and Hypochondria

By David Rosenfeld Copyright 2014
104 Pages
by Routledge

104 Pages
by Routledge

104 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the author's pioneering work with severely disturbed patients, to show what it means to work and think as a psychoanalyst about transference and the internal world of a psychotic patient, with all the difficulties involved in continuing to treat and engage with even severely ill patients. As the author suggests, to be a psychoanalyst is to think about transference, the... Read more
ABOUT THE AUTHORFOREWORD by Maria RhodeINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER ONE Body image models and theoriesCHAPTER TWO PierreCHAPTER THREE Philippe and countertransferenceCHAPTER FOUR Katherine: body image transformationsCHAPTER FIVE The boy who said that bats were flying out of his cheeksCHAPTER SIX Ines: bleeding lips and tongue when separation occursCHAPTER SEVEN Somatic delusion: Hugo and PabloCHAPTER EIGHT Luis: half of his body and brain are missin--in collaboration with Teresita MilanREFERENCESINDEX

Biography

David Rosenfeld