1st Edition
The Defenses in Psychoanalysis Theoretical Concepts to Empirical Research
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Series editor’s foreword
Silvia Fletchner
Introduction
Anna Maria Rosso
Part I
A journey through the changing landscape of defenses in psychoanalysis
Chapter 1
A journey through Freud’s conceptualization of defense mechanisms
Anna Maria Rosso
Chapter 2
Forty years on: Anna Freud's re-examination of defense mechanisms in dialogue with Joseph Sandler
Anna Maria Rosso
Chapter 3
The Klein-Bion paradigm shift
Anna Maria Rosso
Chapter 4
The British Independents’ twist
Anna Maria Rosso
Chapter 5
Insight into defenses from the North American psychoanalysis
Anna Maria Rosso
Chapter 6
Does the concept of defense still hold water in psychoanalysis? Notes from the current psychoanalytic literature
Anna Maria Rosso
Part II
The Heuristic utility of defense mechanisms in empirical research in psychoanalysis
Chapter 7
Exploring the defenses in outcome research in psychoanalysis
Anna Maria Rosso
Chapter 8
Historical developments of assessing defenses on the Rorschach
Jason M. Smith and Carl B. Gacono
Chapter 9
The Comprehensive Rorschach Defense System. A new coding system
Carl B. Gacono and Anna Maria Rosso
Chapter 10
The validation of the Comprehensive Rorschach Defense System
Anna Maria Rosso and Andrea Camoirano
Chapter 11
Exploring psychic functioning through the Comprehensive Rorschach Defense System: A case study
Anna Maria Rosso
References
Biography
Anna Maria Rosso, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, and Associate Professor of Psychodynamic Psychology at eCampus University, Italy. A full member of the Italian Psychoanalytical Society and the IPA, she is in private practice and serves as co-delegate for Italy to the Comprehensive System International Rorschach Association (CSIRA).
